Divisor 9293

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

The "Menith Test" for Divisibility by 9293

To determine if any number is divisible by 9293, apply the "Menith 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 707 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 2788 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 9293. That is, your original number is divisible by 9293 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 9293-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 9293. If the Y is still much larger than 9293, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 9293.

Easy!