Divisor 25127

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

The "Kornel Test" for Divisibility by 25127

To determine if any number is divisible by 25127, apply the "Kornel 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 508 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 7538 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 25127. That is, your original number is divisible by 25127 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 25127-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 25127. If the Y is still much larger than 25127, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 25127.

Easy!