Divisor 5791

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

The "StealthCT Test" for Divisibility by 5791

To determine if any number is divisible by 5791, apply the "StealthCT 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 1012 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 579 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 5791. That is, your original number is divisible by 5791 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 5791-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 5791. If the Y is still much larger than 5791, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 5791.

Easy!