Divisor 10987

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

The "yath Test" for Divisibility by 10987

To determine if any number is divisible by 10987, apply the "yath 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 183 and add to R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 3296 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 10987. That is, your original number is divisible by 10987 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 10987-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 10987. If the Y is still much larger than 10987, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 10987.

Easy!