Divisor 6113

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

The "Spitler Test" for Divisibility by 6113

To determine if any number is divisible by 6113, apply the "Spitler Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 8 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 7 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 8 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 868 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 1834 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 6113. That is, your original number is divisible by 6113 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 6113-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 6113. If the Y is still much larger than 6113, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 6113.

Easy!