Divisor 15461

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

The "Treufuss Test" for Divisibility by 15461

To determine if any number is divisible by 15461, apply the "Treufuss 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 1748 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 1546 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 15461. That is, your original number is divisible by 15461 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 15461-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 15461. If the Y is still much larger than 15461, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 15461.

Easy!