Divisor 13757

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

The "SeaSnail Test" for Divisibility by 13757

To determine if any number is divisible by 13757, apply the "SeaSnail Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 9 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 8 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 9 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 367 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 4127 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 13757. That is, your original number is divisible by 13757 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 13757-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 13757. If the Y is still much larger than 13757, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 13757.

Easy!