Divisor 15919

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

The "Greg Jensen Test" for Divisibility by 15919

To determine if any number is divisible by 15919, apply the "Greg Jensen Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 10 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 9 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 10 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 258 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 1592 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 15919. That is, your original number is divisible by 15919 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 15919-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 15919. If the Y is still much larger than 15919, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 15919.

Easy!