Divisor 23549

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

The "Subsessor Test" for Divisibility by 23549

To determine if any number is divisible by 23549, apply the "Subsessor Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 6 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 5 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 6 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 5804 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 2355 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 23549. That is, your original number is divisible by 23549 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 23549-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 23549. If the Y is still much larger than 23549, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 23549.

Easy!