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[–] 176 points 2 years ago (14 children)

Also, any number whose digits sum to a multiple of 3 is divisible by 3. For 51, 5+1=6, and 6 is a multiple of 3, so 51 can be cleanly divided by 3.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I'd forgotten this trick. It works for large numbers too.

    122,300,223÷3 = 40,766, 741

    1+2+2+3+2+2+3 = 15

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Same with 9. There are rules for every number at least through 13 that I once knew...

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I only know rules for 2 (even number), 3 (digits sum to 3), 4 (last two digits are divisible by 4), 5 (ends in 5 or 0), 6 (if it satisfies the rules for both 3 and 2), 9 (digits sum to 9), and 10 (ends in 0).

    I don't know of one for 7, 8 or 13. 11 has a limited goofy one that involves seeing if the outer digits sum to the inner digits. 12 is divisible by both 3 and 4, so like 6, it has to satisfy both of those rules.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    7 is double the last number and subtract from the rest

    749 (easily divisible by 7 but for example sake)

    9*2=18

    74-18=56

    6*2=12

    5-12= -7, or if you recognize 56 is 7*8...


    I'll do another, random 6 digit number appear!

    59271

    1*2=2

    5927-2=5925

    5*2=10

    592-10=582

    2*2=4

    58-4=54, or not divisible

    I guess for this to work you should at least know the first 10 times tables...

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    [–] 101 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    51 = 3*17

    3*17 = 17 + 17 + 17

    17 + 17 + 17 = (10+7) + (10+7) + (10+7)

    (10+7) + (10+7) + (10+7) = 30 + 21

    30 + 21 = 51

    yup, math checks out

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  • [–] 54 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I think you skipped a step:

    1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1

    Edit: Ohhhh, math by tens, I totally missed it. In that case, my mind wants to break it down to (10 * 5) + 1, and I'd still totally miss 17 as a possible factor.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    You miss a couple os steps too.

    First, lets define the axioms, we're using Peano's for this exercise.

    Axiom 1: 0 is a natural number.

    Jump to axiom 6, define the succession function s(n) where s(n) = 0 is false, and for brevity s(0) = 1, s(s(0)) = 2 and so on...

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    51 = 3*17

    3*17 = 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3

    3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1)

    (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) = 34 + 17

    34 + 17 = 51

    👌

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    [–] 55 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    This is why I love the number 7. It's the first real prime number. All the others are "first"...1?2?3?5? No, those aren't prime numbers, they're "first" in a long line of not-prime numbers.

    Then you get to 7. Is 27943 divisible by 7? If you take away 3 is it? If you add 4 is?

    I have no clue, give me 10 minutes or a calculator is the only answer

    That's what a real prime number is.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago* (9 children)

    Take the last digit of the number, double it and subtract it from the rest. If that new number is divisible by 7, the original one is as well. For your example:

    2794 - 6 = 2788

    I know 2800 is divisible by seven, so 2788 is not. Thus 27943 is not divisible by 7.

    Quick maff shows that neither subtracting 3 or adding 4 will make the original number divisible by 7. Adding 1 or subtracting 6 will tho.

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Nobody told her that 100,000,001 is also divisible by 17

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    [–] 30 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    Any number where the individual digits add up to a number divisible by '3' is divisible by 3.

    51 = 5+1 = 6, which is divisible by three.

    Try it, you'll see it always works.

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    wait till she finds out that 0.99999... 9's to infinity is the same as 1

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    [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    Math is hard, so I'm just going to assume that's true and move on with my day.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I love how every reply has like the opposite energy to the meme. I also find math to be generally awesome.

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    [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Why did she share this? Does she hate us? I don't even know her.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    When you start playing modded minecraft you get really good at multiplying and dividing by 144

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    I used to do this thing where I would figure out if a number was prime or not and it kept me sane. Realizing this isn't, may have just caused my whole world to fall apart.

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