Divisor 18583

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

The "Tsia Test" for Divisibility by 18583

To determine if any number is divisible by 18583, apply the "Tsia Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 8 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 7 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 8 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 2346 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 5575 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 18583. That is, your original number is divisible by 18583 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 18583-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 18583. If the Y is still much larger than 18583, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 18583.

Easy!