Divisor 5153

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

The "Ralf Test" for Divisibility by 5153

To determine if any number is divisible by 5153, apply the "Ralf 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 306 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 1546 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 5153. That is, your original number is divisible by 5153 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 5153-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 5153. If the Y is still much larger than 5153, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 5153.

Easy!