Divisor 9623

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

The "Kevin McMullan Test" for Divisibility by 9623

To determine if any number is divisible by 9623, apply the "Kevin McMullan Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 5 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 4 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 5 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 377 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 2887 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 9623. That is, your original number is divisible by 9623 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 9623-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 9623. If the Y is still much larger than 9623, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 9623.

Easy!