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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Divisibility Rules


An integer is divisible by:

2 if the integer ends in 0,2, 4, 6, 8.

5 if the integer ends in 0 or 5

10 if it ends in 0.



All even numbers end in 0,2,4,6,8,10 and are divisible by 2.



An integer is divisible by 3 if the sum
of its digits is divisible by 3.

An integer is divisible by 9 if the sum
of its digits is divisible by 9.



Example: 924 is divisible by 3
because
9+2+4 = 15.  15 is divisible by 3.

549 is divisible by 9 because 5+4+9 =
18.  18 is divisible by 9.

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