Divisibility Rules, 1 through 20

Divisible
Test Example
by:
3,489,076:
2 Last digit even (= 0,2,4,6 or 8) Last digit = 6
6=3x2
16,499,205,854,376:
Add up all the digits in the number 1+6+4+9+9+2++0+5+8+5+4+3+7
3 Repeat until sum is 2-digits +6= 69
2-digits divisible by 3 6+9=15
15 = 5 x 3
1. Last two digits divisible by 4 358,912:
2. Tens digit even and ones digit =
1. Last 2 digits = 12
4 0, 4 or 8
12 = 3x4
Tens digit odd and ones digit = 2
2. tens digit =1, odd & ones digit = 2
or 6
3,783,953,495:
5 Last digit = 5 or 0
Last digit = 5
57,342:
6 Divisible by 2 (even) and 3 Last digit = 2 and
5+7+3+4+2=21
21 = 7 x 3
Double the last digit, then subtract 357:
result from the rest of the digits
double 7 = 14
7 Repeat for larger numbers until result
subtract 14 from 35 = 21
is a 2-digit number
21 = 3 x 7
2-digit # divisible by 7
1. Hundreds digit even: last 2 digits 986,104:
divisible by 8 1. hundreds digit = 1, odd
8 Hundreds digit odd: add 4 to last 04 + 4 = 8
2 digits and sum divisible by 8 2. Last 3 digits = 104
2. Last 3 digits divisible by 8 104 = 13 x 8
Add all the digits in the number 24,343,785:
9 Repeat until sum is 2-digits 2+4+3+4+3+7+8+5=36
2-digits divisible by 9 36 = 4 x 9
34,789,013,467,593,487,540:
10 Last digit is 0
Last digit = 0
918,082:
1. Alternately subtract then add the
digits from L to R; result 1. 9 - 1 + 8 - 0 + 8 - 2 = 22
11 22 = 2x11.
divisible by 11
2. Subtract last digit from the rest 2. 627: 62 - 7 = 55
55 = 5 x 11
324:
12 Divisible by 3 and 4 3 + 2 + 4 = 9, divisible by 3
24 divisible by 4
Iteratively add 4 times the last digit 637:
13
to the rest 63 + (7 × 4) = 91, 9 + (1 × 4) = 13

14 Divisible by 2 and 7

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 Divisibility Rules, 1 through 20

Divisible
Test Example
by:
15 Divisible by 3 and 5
254,176:
If the thousands digit is even, take Thousands digit = 4, so take 176
the last three digits (1 × 4) + 76 = 80
If the thousands digit is odd, add 8 to 80 = 5 x 16
16 the last three digits
With the 3-digit #, multiply hundreds 693,408:
digit by 4, then add the last two Thousands digit = 3, 408 + 8 = 416
digits. (4 x 4) + 16 = 32
32 = 2 x 16

Subtract 5 times the last digit from 221:

17
the rest. 22 - (1 × 5) = 17

18 Divisible by 2 and 9
437:
19 Add twice the last digit to the rest 43 + (7 × 2) = 57
5 + (7 x 2) = 19

Divisible by 10 and the tens digit is 360:

20
even last digit = 0 and 6 is even

25 Last 2 digits = 25, 50 or 75

50 Last 2 digits = 50 or 00

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