Divisor 16007

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

The "Morgan Butt Test" for Divisibility by 16007

To determine if any number is divisible by 16007, apply the "Morgan Butt 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 3958 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 4802 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 16007. That is, your original number is divisible by 16007 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 16007-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 16007. If the Y is still much larger than 16007, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 16007.

Easy!