Divisor 7243

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

The "Laretta & Mindolo Test" for Divisibility by 7243

To determine if any number is divisible by 7243, apply the "Laretta & Mindolo Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 7 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 6 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 7 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 466 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 2173 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 7243. That is, your original number is divisible by 7243 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 7243-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 7243. If the Y is still much larger than 7243, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 7243.

Easy!