Divisor 10501

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

The "tmuguet Test" for Divisibility by 10501

To determine if any number is divisible by 10501, apply the "tmuguet 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 271 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 1050 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 10501. That is, your original number is divisible by 10501 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 10501-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 10501. If the Y is still much larger than 10501, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 10501.

Easy!