Divisor 9181

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

The "Tec Test" for Divisibility by 9181

To determine if any number is divisible by 9181, apply the "Tec 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 548 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 918 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 9181. That is, your original number is divisible by 9181 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 9181-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 9181. If the Y is still much larger than 9181, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 9181.

Easy!