Divisibility - 15

Category: Arithmetic

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Divisibility by 15:

How do you know that a number is divisible by 15? Well, a number is divisible by 15 if it is both divisible by 3 and 5. In short, a number that ends with 5 or 0 that are divisible by 3.

Example 1:

The first thing that we need to do is to inspect the given number if it is divisible by 15 or not.

Since the last digit of a given number is not 5 or 0, then the given number is not divisible by 15. Any number multiply by another number that ends with 5 is always equal to a number that ends with 5 or 0. There's a remainder of 4 in the division. The answer or a quotient must be a whole number itself. You should not have a fraction or a remainder in the final answer.  

Example 2:

The first thing that we need to do is to inspect the given number if it is divisible by 15 or not.

Since the last digit of a given number is 5, then the given number is divisible by 5. 

Next, inspect the given number if it is divisible by 3 or not as  follows

Since 7 is not a multiple of 3, then the given number is not divisible by 3. Because of this, the given number is not divisible by 15. There's a remainder of 10 in the division. The answer or a quotient must be a whole number itself. You should not have a fraction or a remainder in the final answer. 

Example 3:

The first thing that we need to do is to inspect the given number if it is divisible by 15 or not.

Since the last digit of a given number is 0, then the given number is divisible by 5. 

Next, inspect the given number if it is divisible by 3 or not as  follows

Since 6 is a multiple of 3, then the given number is divisible by 3. Because of this, the given number is divisible by 15. There's no remainder or a fraction in the division.

You should consider in studying the divisibility of a number because you will use these principles later when you will study higher Math subjects that involves the division of a number, simplifying fractions, and even factoring. 

This method can also be used for negative integers as long as the given number is both divisible by 3 and 5. Again, there should be no remainder or a fraction in the division.    
 

Divisibility - 14

Category: Arithmetic

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Divisibility by 14:

How do you know that a number is divisible by 14? Well, a number is divisible by 14 if it is both divisible by 2 and 7. In short, an even number that is divisible by 7. 

Example 1:

The first thing that we need to do is to inspect the given number if it is divisible by 14 or not.

Since the given number is an odd number, then the given number is not divisible by 14. An even number multiply by an odd number or an even number is always an even number. There's a remainder of 13 in the division. The answer or a quotient must be a whole number itself. You should not have a fraction or a remainder in the final answer.

Example 2:

The first thing that we need to do is to inspect the given number if it is divisible by 14 or not.

Since the given number is an even number, then we can inspect the given number if it is divisible by 7 or not as follows

Since 68 is not a multiple of 7, then the given number is not divisible by 7. Because of this, the given number is not divisible by 14. There's a remainder of 10 in the division. The answer or a quotient must be a whole number itself. You should not have a fraction or a remainder in the final answer.

Example 3:

 
The first thing that we need to do is to inspect the given number if it is divisible by 14 or not.

Since the given number is an even number, then we can inspect the given number if it is divisible by 7 or not as follows

Since 28 is a multiple of 7, then the given number is divisible by 7. Because of this, the given number is divisible by 14. There's no remainder or a fraction in the division.

You should consider in studying the divisibility of a number because you will use these principles later when you will study higher Math subjects that involves the division of a number, simplifying fractions, and even factoring. 

This method can also be used for negative integers as long as the given number is both divisible by 2 and 7. Again, there should be no remainder or a fraction in the division.   
 

Divisibility - 13

Category: Arithmetic

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Divisibility by 13:

How do you know that a number is divisible by 13? Well, this method of checking and verifying a number is different or unique. You need to do this one. Multiply the last digit of a given number by 4 and then add it to the remaining digits. If the result is a multiple of 13, then the given number is divisible by 13. You can repeat the process if you wish until the result is a multiple of 13.

Example 1:

The first thing that we need to do is to inspect the given number if it is divisible by 13 or not. 

Multiply the last digit by 4 and then add it to the remaining digits as follows

Since 35 is not a multiple of 13, then the given number is not divisible by 13. There's a remainder of 3 in the division. The answer or a quotient must be a whole number itself. You should not have a fraction or a remainder in the final answer.  

Example 2:

The first thing that we need to do is to inspect the given number if it is divisible by 13 or not. 

Multiply the last digit by 4 and then add it to the remaining digits as follows

Since 26 is a multiple of 13, then the given number is divisible by 13. There's no remainder or a fraction in the division.

You should consider in studying the divisibility of a number because you will use these principles later when you will study higher Math subjects that involves the division of a number, simplifying fractions, and even factoring. 

This method can also be used for negative integers as long as the result of a process is a multiple of 13. Again, there should be no remainder or a fraction in the division.