Divisor 12379

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

The "Mika Test" for Divisibility by 12379

To determine if any number is divisible by 12379, apply the "Mika Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 10 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 9 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 10 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 378 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 1238 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 12379. That is, your original number is divisible by 12379 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 12379-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 12379. If the Y is still much larger than 12379, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 12379.

Easy!