Divisor 20177

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

The "tgm Test" for Divisibility by 20177

To determine if any number is divisible by 20177, apply the "tgm 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 885 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 6053 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 20177. That is, your original number is divisible by 20177 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 20177-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 20177. If the Y is still much larger than 20177, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 20177.

Easy!