Divisor 25247

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

The "teddy Test" for Divisibility by 25247

To determine if any number is divisible by 25247, apply the "teddy Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 6 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 5 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 6 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 988 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 7574 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 25247. That is, your original number is divisible by 25247 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 25247-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 25247. If the Y is still much larger than 25247, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 25247.

Easy!