Divisor 24379

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

The "djmaxus Test" for Divisibility by 24379

To determine if any number is divisible by 24379, apply the "djmaxus Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 7 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 6 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 7 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 461 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 2438 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 24379. That is, your original number is divisible by 24379 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 24379-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 24379. If the Y is still much larger than 24379, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 24379.

Easy!