Divisor 7079

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

The "Jay Dick Test" for Divisibility by 7079

To determine if any number is divisible by 7079, apply the "Jay Dick 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 777 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 708 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 7079. That is, your original number is divisible by 7079 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 7079-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 7079. If the Y is still much larger than 7079, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 7079.

Easy!