Divisor 17099

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

The "PeteyPak Test" for Divisibility by 17099

To determine if any number is divisible by 17099, apply the "PeteyPak 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 817 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 1710 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 17099. That is, your original number is divisible by 17099 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 17099-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 17099. If the Y is still much larger than 17099, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 17099.

Easy!