Divisor 25819

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

The "Thea Test" for Divisibility by 25819

To determine if any number is divisible by 25819, apply the "Thea 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 3013 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 2582 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 25819. That is, your original number is divisible by 25819 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 25819-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 25819. If the Y is still much larger than 25819, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 25819.

Easy!