Divisor 6247

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

The "Joshua Lowry Test" for Divisibility by 6247

To determine if any number is divisible by 6247, apply the "Joshua Lowry Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 6 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 5 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 6 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 48 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 1874 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 6247. That is, your original number is divisible by 6247 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 6247-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 6247. If the Y is still much larger than 6247, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 6247.

Easy!