Divisor 23531

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

The "Jamon Test" for Divisibility by 23531

To determine if any number is divisible by 23531, apply the "Jamon 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 675 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 2353 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 23531. That is, your original number is divisible by 23531 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 23531-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 23531. If the Y is still much larger than 23531, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 23531.

Easy!