Divisor 7589

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

The "James McDonald Jr Test" for Divisibility by 7589

To determine if any number is divisible by 7589, apply the "James McDonald Jr 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 253 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 759 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 7589. That is, your original number is divisible by 7589 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 7589-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 7589. If the Y is still much larger than 7589, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 7589.

Easy!