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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I looked up a rule for 7, and it seems like it would take about the same amount of time as actually dividing the number by 7.

Meanwhile, it looks like the rule for 8 is to see if the last 3 digits are divisible by 8, which seems like a real time save for big numbers.

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