Divisor 7951

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

The "Warwick Test" for Divisibility by 7951

To determine if any number is divisible by 7951, apply the "Warwick 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 273 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 795 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 7951. That is, your original number is divisible by 7951 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 7951-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 7951. If the Y is still much larger than 7951, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 7951.

Easy!