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USING DIVISIBILITY RULES

FOR 2, 5 AND 10 TO FIND THE


COMMON FACTORS.
Lesson 1
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW
TRY THIS:
246 ÷ 2 = Are there remainders in
these problems?

385 ÷ 5 =
530 ÷ 10 =
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW
TRY THIS:
543 ÷ 2 = What about these
problems, are the answers
exact?
854 ÷ 5 =
531 ÷ 10 =
DIVISIBILITY RULE FOR 2
• A number is divisible by 2 if…

• The number is even.


• Even numbers end in 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0.

• Examples
• 412
• 230
• 516
DIVISIBILITY RULE FOR 5
• A number is divisible by 5 if…

• The number ends in a 5 or 0.

• Examples
• 4,000
• 215
• 355
DIVISIBILITY RULE FOR 10
• A number is divisible by 10 if…

• The number ends in a zero.

• Examples
• 4,000
• 210
• 50
Find the divisibility of the following numbers by 2 and
5:

1. 24 6. 40
2. 30 7. 58
3. 15 8. 75
4. 36 9. 64
5. 45 10. 80

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