Divisor 13913

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

The "Raven Joy Bower Test" for Divisibility by 13913

To determine if any number is divisible by 13913, apply the "Raven Joy Bower 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 1736 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 4174 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 13913. That is, your original number is divisible by 13913 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 13913-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 13913. If the Y is still much larger than 13913, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 13913.

Easy!