Divisor 25357

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

The "yiggles Test" for Divisibility by 25357

To determine if any number is divisible by 25357, apply the "yiggles 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 1428 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and subtract 7607 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 25357. That is, your original number is divisible by 25357 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 25357-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 25357. If the Y is still much larger than 25357, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 25357.

Easy!