Divisor 1063

Prime Number:
Yes!
Divisibility test:
The "L0R3M Test"
Test Discovered by:
Matt Parker
Date:
11/11/2024

The "L0R3M Test" for Divisibility by 1063

To determine if any number is divisible by 1063, apply the "L0R3M 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 78 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 319 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 1063. That is, your original number is divisible by 1063 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 1063-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 1063. If the Y is still much larger than 1063, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 1063.

Easy!