Divisor 7411

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

The "Rapssack Test" for Divisibility by 7411

To determine if any number is divisible by 7411, apply the "Rapssack Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 7 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 6 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 7 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 485 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 741 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 7411. That is, your original number is divisible by 7411 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 7411-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 7411. If the Y is still much larger than 7411, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 7411.

Easy!