Rules of Divisibility

Divisible
Test Example
by:
3,489,076:
2 Last digit is even (=0, 2, 4, 6, or 8) Last digit = 6 (even)
6=3×𝟐
1. 16,499,205,854,376:
The sum of the digits of the number is divisible
1+6+4+9+9+2+0+5
3 2.
by 3
Can repeat until sum is 2-digit number that
+8 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 7 + 6 = 69
6 + 9 = 15
is/not recognizably divisible by 3
15 = 5 × 𝟑
358,912:
1. Last 2 digits are divisible by 4
1. Last 2 digits = 12
4 2. Tens digit is even and the ones digit = 0, 4, or 8
3. Tens digit is odd and the ones digit = 2 or 6
12 = 3 × 𝟒
2. Tens digit = 1, odd & ones digit = 𝟐
3,783,953,495:
5 Last digit is 5 or 0 Last digit = 𝟓

57,342
6 Divisible by 2 (even) and 3 Last digit = 𝟐 (even) and
5 + 7 + 3 + 4 + 2 = 21, divisible by 𝟑
Double the last digit, then subtract the result from 357:
the rest of the digits. 2 × 𝟕 = 14 (double the last digit)
7 Repeat for larger numbers until result is a 2-digit
number; 2-digit number is divisible by 7
35 − 14 = 21 (subtract)
21 = 3 × 𝟕
986,104:
1. Hundreds digit even: last 2 digits divisible by 8
1. Hundreds digit = 1, odd
8 2. Hundreds digit odd: add 4 to the last 2 digits
and sum is divisible by 8
04 + 4 = 𝟖
2. Last 3 digits = 104
3. Last 3 digits divisible by 8
104 = 13 × 𝟖
24,343,785:
9 The sum of the digits of the number is divisible by 9 2 + 4 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 7 + 8 + 5 = 36
36 = 4 × 𝟗
34,789,013,467,593,487,540:
10 Last digit is 0 Last digit = 𝟎

918,082:
1. 9 − 1 + 8 − 0 + 8 − 2 = 22
1. Alternately subtract, then add the digits from L
11 to R; the sum is divisible by 11
2. Subtract the last digit from the rest
22 = 2 × 𝟏𝟏
627:
2. 62 − 7 = 55
55 = 5 × 𝟏𝟏

Divisible
by: Test Example
 324:
12 Divisible by 3 and 4 3 + 2 + 4 = 9, divisible by 𝟑 and
Last 2 digits = 24, divisible by 𝟒
Add 4 times the last digit to the rest of the digits. 637:
13 Repeat until sum is/not recognizably divisible by 63 + (7 × 4) = 91
13 9 + (1 × 4) = 𝟏𝟑
182:

14 Divisible by 2 and 7
Last digit = 2 (even), divisible by 2 and
2 × 2 = 4 (double the last digit)
18 − 4 = 14, divisible by 7
345:
15 Divisible by 3 and 5 3 + 4 + 5 = 12, divisible by 3 and
Last digit = 5, divisible by 5
254,176:
Thousands digit = 4, so 176
1. Thousands place even: take the last 3 digits
(1 × 4) + 76 = 80
2. Thousands place odd: add 8 to the last 3
16 digits
3. With the 3-digit number: multiply hundreds
80 = 5 × 𝟏𝟔
693,408:
Thousands digit = 3, so 408 + 8 = 416
digit by 4, then add the last 2 digits
(4 × 4) + 16 = 32
32 = 2 × 𝟏𝟔

17 Subtract 5 times the last digit from the rest

221:
22 − (1 × 5) = 𝟏𝟕
35,406:
18 Divisible by 2 and 9 Last digit = 2 (even), divisible by 2 and
3 + 5 + 4 + 0 + 6 = 18, divisible by 9
437:
19 Add twice the last digit to the rest 43 + (7 × 2) = 57
5 + (7 × 2) = 𝟏𝟗
360:
20 Divisible by 10 and the tens digit is even Last digit = 𝟎 and tens
digit = 6 is even
895,438,675: Last
2 digits = 𝟕𝟓
25 Last 2 digits are 25, 50, or 75 7,325:
Last 2 digits = 𝟐𝟓
686,352,400: Last
2 digits = 𝟎𝟎
50 Last 2 digits are 50 or 00 327,950:
Last 2 digits = 𝟓𝟎