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    The document summarizes divisibility tests for integers 2 through 11. It explains that for 2 a number is even, for 3 the sum of digits is divisible by 3, and for 4 the last two digits are even or odd in a certain pattern. It then discusses divisibility by 5, 6, 9, and 10 based on the last digit. For 11, the difference between the sum of odd and even digits must be divisible by 11. An example is worked out to demonstrate the divisibility by 11 test.

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    The document summarizes divisibility tests for integers 2 through 11. It explains that for 2 a number is even, for 3 the sum of digits is divisible by 3, and for 4 the last two digits are even or odd in a certain pattern. It then discusses divisibility by 5, 6, 9, and 10 based on the last digit. For 11, the difference between the sum of odd and even digits must be divisible by 11. An example is worked out to demonstrate the divisibility by 11 test.

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    Divisibility Rules

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    The document summarizes divisibility tests for integers 2 through 11. It explains that for 2 a number is even, for 3 the sum of digits is divisible by 3, and for 4 the last two digits are even or odd in a certain pattern. It then discusses divisibility by 5, 6, 9, and 10 based on the last digit. For 11, the difference between the sum of odd and even digits must be divisible by 11. An example is worked out to demonstrate the divisibility by 11 test.

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    Here are divisibility tests for the first few integers (2 through 11): 2. Even (last digit is 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8).

    3. Sum of digits is divisible by 3. 4. Last two digits divisible by 4 (even0, even4, even8, odd2, odd6). 5. Last digit is 0 or 5. 6. Divisible by 2 and 3 (even, and sum of digits is divisible by 3). 7. I will skip this for now. 8. Last three digits divisible by 8. 9. Sum of digits is divisible by 9. 10.Last digit is 0. 11.The difference between the sum of the odd numbered digits (1st, 3rd, 5th...) and the sum of the even numbered digits (2nd, 4th...) is divisible by 11. Divisibility by 11: Divisibility by 11 is the most interesting of the above tests (7 will be studied below). We do two sums (the odd numbered digits and the even numbered digits), subtract one sum from the other, and see if this is divisible by 11. By the way, if we end up with zero, then that is divisible by 11. We can repeat that process, just as we did with 3. Let's look at an example: 34871903 3+8+1+0=12 4+7+9+3=23 23-12=11 Is divisible by 11 We can, of course, do the summing in different orders. In fact we can just go from left to right adding and subtracting alternate digits: 3-4+8-7+1-9+0-3=-11 (divisible by 11).

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