Divisor 25303

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

The "Hambling Test" for Divisibility by 25303

To determine if any number is divisible by 25303, apply the "Hambling 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 137 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 7591 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 25303. That is, your original number is divisible by 25303 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 25303-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 25303. If the Y is still much larger than 25303, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 25303.

Easy!