Divisor 2099

Prime Number:
Yes!
Divisibility test:
The "Gorroval Test"
Test Discovered by:
Matt Parker
Date:
11/11/2024

The "Gorroval Test" for Divisibility by 2099

To determine if any number is divisible by 2099, apply the "Gorroval Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 8 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 7 digits from the rest. This makes two smaller numbers, call them Left and Right (note: don't add in trailing zeros to L). If there are fewer than 8 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 364 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 210 times the digit you just crossed off. Call this final result "Y".
  4. Y will be much smaller than X, but we have preserved divisibility by 2099. That is, your original number is divisible by 2099 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 2099-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 2099. If the Y is still much larger than 2099, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 2099.

Easy!