Divisor 25189

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

The "James Clark Test" for Divisibility by 25189

To determine if any number is divisible by 25189, apply the "James Clark 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 33 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 2519 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 25189. That is, your original number is divisible by 25189 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 25189-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 25189. If the Y is still much larger than 25189, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 25189.

Easy!