Divisor 6343

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

The "camelusferus Test" for Divisibility by 6343

To determine if any number is divisible by 6343, apply the "camelusferus 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 678 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 1903 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 6343. That is, your original number is divisible by 6343 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 6343-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 6343. If the Y is still much larger than 6343, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 6343.

Easy!