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Clues for Divisibility

(2)

A number can be divided by 2 if it ends in a 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8.

ALL EVEN NUMBERS ARE DIVISIBLE BY 2.

 

(3) A number can be divided by 3 only if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3.

For example:       4,971

    4+9+7+1 = 21   and   21/3 = 7.   Therefore 4,971 is divisible by 3.

 

(4) An even number in which the last two digits can be divided evenly by 4 is divisible by 4.

For example:       616

    16/4 = 4.   Therefore 616 is divisible by 4.

 

Also: all numbers ending in two zeros are divisible by 4.

 

(5)

Any number that ends in 5 or 0 is divisible by 5.

 

(6) A number can be divided by 6 only if it is an even number and the sum of its digits is divisible by 3.

For example:       9,558

    9,558 is an even number   and   9+5+5+8 = 27   and   27 can be divided evenly by 3.
    Therefore, 9,558 can be divided by 6.

 

(7)

There is no divisibility clue for 7.

 

(8) The clue for 8 only works on numbers of 1000 or more. A number can be divided evenly by 8 if it is an even number and the last three digits can be divided evenly by 8.

For example:       39,712

    712/8 = 79. Therefore 39,712 can be divided evenly by 8.

 

Also: any number ending in 000 is divisible by 8.

 

(9) A 9 will go evenly into any number in which the sum of the digits is divisible by 9.

For example:       50,382

    (5+0+3+8+2 = 18)   and   18/9 = 2. Therefore, 50,382 is divisible by 9.

 

(10) Any number that ends in 0 is divisible by 10.