Divisor 18979

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

The "Sumorat Test" for Divisibility by 18979

To determine if any number is divisible by 18979, apply the "Sumorat 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 351 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 1898 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 18979. That is, your original number is divisible by 18979 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 18979-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 18979. If the Y is still much larger than 18979, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 18979.

Easy!