Divisibility Rule Study Notes PDF for CTET Exam

Mathematics is an equally important section for CTET, and TET Exams and has even more abundant importance in some other exams conducted by central or state govt. Generally, there are questions asked related to basic concepts, Facts of the Divisibility Rule.

To let you make the most of the Mathematics section, we are providing important facts related to the Divisibility Rule. At least 2-3 questions are asked about this topic in most of the teaching exams. We wish you all the best of luck in come over the fear of the Mathematics section.

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Divisibility Rule

• Divisibility by 2 → If Last digit of the number is divisible by 2

Ex.: 92, 76, 112 are divisible by 2

• Divisibility of 3 → All such numbers the Sum of whose digits are divisible by 3
• Divisibility by 4 → If Last two digits of the number are divisible by 4

Ex.: Take the number 6316. Consider the last two digits 16. As 16 is divisible by 4, the original number 6316 is also divisible by 4.

• Divisibility by 5 → If Last digit (0 and 5) is divisible by 5

Ex.: 100, 195, 118975 are divisible by 5

• Divisibility by 6 → A number is divisible by 6 If it is simultaneously divisible by 2 and 3

Ex.: 834, the number is divisible by 2 as the last digit is 4.

The sum of digits is 8+3+4 = 15, which is also divisible by 3.

Hence 834 is divisible by 6.

• Divisibility by 7 → Double the last digit and subtract it from the remaining leading truncated number. If the result is divisible by 7, then so was the original number.
• Divisibility by 8 → If Last three digits of the number are divisible by 8
• Divisibility of 9 → All such numbers the Sum of whose digits are divisible by 9
• Divisibility by 11→ The difference of the sum of the digits in the odd places and the sum of digits in the even places is ‘O’ or multiple of 11 is divisible
• Divisibility by 16 → If Last four digits of the number are divisible by 16
• Divisibility by 25 → If Last two digits of the number are divisible by 25
• Divisibility by 32 → If Last five digits of the number are divisible by 32
• Divisibility by 125 → If Last three digits of the number are divisible by 125
• Divisibility by 3, 7, 11, 13, 21, 37 and 1001 →

(i) If any number is made by repeating a digit 6 times the number will be divisible by 3, 7, 11, 13, 21, 37 and 1001 etc.

(ii) A six digit number if formed by repeating a three digit number; for example, 256, 256 or 678, 678 etc. Any number of this form is always exactly divisible by 7, 11, 13, 1001 etc.

Some important points →

(a) If a is divisible by b then ac is also divisible by b.

(b) If a is divisible by b and b is divisible by c then a is divisible by c.

(c) If n is divisible by d and m is divisible by d then (m + n) and (m-n) are both divisible by d. This has an important implication. Suppose 48 and 528 are both divisible by 8.  Then (528 + 48) as well as (528 – 48) are divisible by 8)

Successive Division : If the quotient in a division is further used as a dividend for the next divisor and again the latest obtained divisor is used as a dividend for another divisor and so on, then it is called ” successive division” i.e, if we divide 150 by 4, we get 37 as quotient and 2 as a remainder then if 37 it divided by another divisor say 5 then we get 7 as a quotient and 2 remainder and again if we divide 7 by another divisor say 3 we get 2 as quotient and 1 as a remainder i.e, we can represent it as following

Now you can see that the quotient obtained in the first division behaves as a dividend for another divisor 5. Once again the quotient 7 is treated as a dividend for the next divisor 3. Thus it is clear from the above discussion as

So, the 150 is successively divided by 4, 5, and 3 the corresponding remainders are 2, 2 and 1.

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