It’s easy to tell if a given whole number is divisible by 2. Just check whether the last digit is even. There are also simple rules to determine whether a number is ...

Examples: (1) 475 is divisible by 25 but not by 125. (2) 465 is divisible by 5 but not by a higher power of 5. As 4 + 6 + 5 = 15, it is divisible by 3 though. (3) To check for divisibility of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Mathematics Teacher (MT), an official journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, is devoted to improving ...

After multiplication, it is time to learn certain divisibility rules to ease our calculations. The basic rules for divisibility by 2, 3, 5, 9, 11 are fairly well known. So now we are going to learn ...

Prime numbers, vital in mathematics and competitive exams, can be quickly identified using a systematic approach. This method involves checking divisibility by primes up to the square root of the ...