Divisor 13381

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

The "UsrBinPRL Test" for Divisibility by 13381

To determine if any number is divisible by 13381, apply the "UsrBinPRL Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 10 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 9 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 10 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 2273 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 1338 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 13381. That is, your original number is divisible by 13381 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 13381-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 13381. If the Y is still much larger than 13381, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 13381.

Easy!