Divisor 8431

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

The "InzeNL Test" for Divisibility by 8431

To determine if any number is divisible by 8431, apply the "InzeNL Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 9 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 8 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 9 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 91 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 843 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 8431. That is, your original number is divisible by 8431 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 8431-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 8431. If the Y is still much larger than 8431, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 8431.

Easy!