Divisor 13967
- Prime Number:
- Yes!
- Divisibility test:
- The "bd_ Test"
- Test Discovered by:
- Matt Parker
- Date:
- 11/11/2024
The "bd_ Test" for Divisibility by 13967
To determine if any number is divisible by 13967, apply the "bd_ Test":
- 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.
- Multiply L by 372 and subtract this from R.
- Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 4190 times the digit you just crossed off. Call this final result "Y".
- Y will be much smaller than X, but we have preserved divisibility by 13967. That is, your original number is divisible by 13967 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 13967-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 13967. If the Y is still much larger than 13967, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 13967.
Easy!