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Divisibility Rules

This document provides divisibility rules for numbers 1 through 20. It lists the test used to determine if a number is divisible by that number, and provides an example number showing the test being applied. The rules include checking the last digit, adding or subtracting digits, and other mathematical manipulations of the digits. This allows one to quickly determine if a number is divisible by another number from 1 to 20 without using division.

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Divisibility Rules

This document provides divisibility rules for numbers 1 through 20. It lists the test used to determine if a number is divisible by that number, and provides an example number showing the test being applied. The rules include checking the last digit, adding or subtracting digits, and other mathematical manipulations of the digits. This allows one to quickly determine if a number is divisible by another number from 1 to 20 without using division.

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Divisibility Rules, 1 through 20

Divisible
by:

Test

Last digit even (= 0,2,4,6 or 8)

Add up all the digits in the number


Repeat until sum is 2-digits
2-digits divisible by 3

1. Last two digits divisible by 4


2. Tens digit even and ones digit =
0, 4 or 8
Tens digit odd and ones digit = 2
or 6

Last digit = 5 or 0

Example

3,489,076:
Last digit = 6
6=3x2
16,499,205,854,376:
1+6+4+9+9+2++0+5+8+5+4+3+7
+6= 69
6+9=15
15 = 5 x 3
358,912:
1. Last 2 digits = 12
12 = 3x4
2. tens digit =1, odd & ones digit = 2
3,783,953,495:
Last digit = 5
57,342:
Last digit = 2 and
5+7+3+4+2=21
21 = 7 x 3

Divisible by 2 (even) and 3

Double the last digit, then subtract


result from the rest of the digits
Repeat for larger numbers until result
is a 2-digit number
2-digit # divisible by 7

986,104:

1. Hundreds digit even: last 2 digits


divisible by 8
Hundreds digit odd: add 4 to last
2 digits and sum divisible by 8
2. Last 3 digits divisible by 8

Add all the digits in the number


Repeat until sum is 2-digits
2-digits divisible by 9

24,343,785:

357:
double 7 = 14
subtract 14 from 35 = 21
21 = 3 x 7
1. hundreds digit = 1, odd
04 + 4 = 8
2. Last 3 digits = 104
104 = 13 x 8
2+4+3+4+3+7+8+5=36
36 = 4 x 9
34,789,013,467,593,487,540:

10

Last digit is 0

11

1. Alternately subtract then add the


digits from L to R; result
divisible by 11
2. Subtract last digit from the rest

12

Divisible by 3 and 4

3 + 2 + 4 = 9, divisible by 3
24 divisible by 4

13

Iteratively add 4 times the last digit


to the rest

637:

14

Divisible by 2 and 7

Last digit = 0
918,082:
1. 9 - 1 + 8 - 0 + 8 - 2 = 22
22 = 2x11.
2. 627: 62 - 7 = 55
55 = 5 x 11
324:

63 + (7 4) = 91, 9 + (1 4) = 13

This instructional aid was prepared by the Tallahassee Community College Learning Commons.

Divisibility Rules, 1 through 20


Divisible
by:

15

Test

Example

Divisible by 3 and 5
254,176:

16

If the thousands digit is even, take


the last three digits
If the thousands digit is odd, add 8 to
the last three digits
With the 3-digit #, multiply hundreds
digit by 4, then add the last two
digits.

17

Subtract 5 times the last digit from


the rest.

18

Divisible by 2 and 9

Thousands digit = 4, so take 176


(1 4) + 76 = 80
80 = 5 x 16
693,408:
Thousands digit = 3, 408 + 8 = 416
(4 x 4) + 16 = 32
32 = 2 x 16
221:
22 - (1 5) = 17

437:
19

Add twice the last digit to the rest

43 + (7 2) = 57
5 + (7 x 2) = 19

20

Divisible by 10 and the tens digit is


even

360:

25

Last 2 digits = 25, 50 or 75

50

Last 2 digits = 50 or 00

last digit = 0 and 6 is even

This instructional aid was prepared by the Tallahassee Community College Learning Commons.

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