M6 4 Divisibilities Rules

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MTE 3101

MENGENAL NOMBOR
NOMBOR ASLI & NOMBOR BULAT
PISMP
2013

DIVISIBILITY RULES

Divisibility rules of whole numbers are very


useful because they help us to quickly
determine if a number can be divided by
2,3,4,5,9, and 10 without doing long division.

DIVISIBILITY RULES

Divisibility means that you are able to divide a number evenly

For instance, 8 can be divided evenly by 4 because 8/4 = 2.


However, 8 cannot be divided evenly by 3.
Example:
8
2.666667
3
To illustrate the concept, let's say you have a cake and your cake
has 8 slices, you can share that cake between you and 3 more
people evenly. Each person will get 2 slices.

However, if you are trying to share those 8 slices between you


and 2 more people, there is no way you can do this evenly. One
person will end up with less cake

In general, a whole number x divides another


whole number y if and only if you can find a
whole number n such that
x times n = y

For instance, 12 can be divided by 3 because 3 times 4 =


12
When the numbers are large, use the following
divisibility rules:
Rule #1: divisibility by 2
A number is divisible by 2 if it's last digit is 0,2,4,6,or 8.
For instance, 8596742 is divisible by 2 because the last
digit is 2.

Rule # 2: divisibility by 3:
A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its
digits is divisible by 3
For instance, 3141 is divisible by 3 because
3+1+4+1 = 9 and 9 is divisible by 3.

Rule # 3: divisibility by 4
A number is divisible by 4 if the number
represented by its last two digits is divisible
by 4.
For instance, 8920 is divisible by 4 because
20 is divisible by 4.

Rule #4: divisibility by 5


A number is divisible by 5 if its last digit is 0
or 5.
For instance, 9564655 is divisible by 5
because the last digit is 5.

Rule # 5: divisibility by 6
A number is divisible by 6 if it is divisible by
2 and 3. Be careful! it is not one or the
other. The number must be divisible by both
2 and 3 before you can conclude that it is
divisible by 6.

Rule # 6: divisibility by 7
To check divisibility rules for 7, study carefully the following two examples:
Is 348 divisible by 7?
Remove the last digit, which is 8. The number becomes 34. Then, Double 8 to get 16 and subtract 16 from 34.
34 16 = 18 and 18 is not divisible by 7. Therefore, 348 is not divisible by 7
Is 37961 divisible by 7?
Remove the last digit, which is 1. The number becomes 3796. Then, Double 1 to get 2 and subtract 2 from
3796.
3796 2 = 3794, so still too big? Thus repeat the process.
Remove the last digit, which is 4. The number becomes 379. Then, Double 4 to get 8 and subtract 8 from 379.
379 8 = 371, so still too big? Thus repeat the process.
Remove the last digit, which is 1. The number becomes 37. Then, Double 1 to get 2 and subtract 2 from 37.
37 2 = 35 and 35 is divisible by 7. Therefore, 37961 is divisible by 7.

Rule #7:divisibility by 8
A number is divisible by 8 if the number
represented by its last three digits is
divisible by 8.
For instance, 587320 is divisible by 8 because
320 is divisible by 8.

Rule #8: divisibility by 9


A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of its
digits is divisible by 9.
For instance, 3141 is divisible by 9 because
the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.

Rule # 9: divisibility by 10
A number is divisible by 10 if its last digits is 0
For instance, 522480 is divisible by 10
because the last digit is 0.
Use the following calculator to determine if a
number is divisible by another and strengthen
your knowledge of divisibility rules

Rule # 10: divisibility by 11


A number is divisible by 11 if the difference between the
sum of the odd digits and the sum of the even digits is
divisible by 11
For instance, 524480 is divisible by 11 because sum of
the odd digits is 5+4+8=17 and
sum of the even digits is 2+4+0=6.
The difference is 17-6 =11 which is divisible by 11,
524480 is divisible by 11

USE THE CALCULATOR TO DETERMINE IF


THE FOLLOWING NUMBER IS DIVISIBLE BY
ANOTHER AND STRENGTHEN YOUR
KNOWLEDGE OF DIVISIBILITY RULES
1.

11\5348

2.

11\16542

3.

11\909381

4.

11\33452

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