Portfolio 10

Explain and justify the divisibility rules for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 & 10.

Divisibility rules for #2:
-All even numbers are divisible by 2/ An even number is an integer that is a multiple of 2 : Since
2 is an even number and it technically means splitting the number is half; any even number can
be split in half. So any even number is divisible by 2. An example would be 1,368. Since this
number ends in 8 it is divisible by 2.
-Numbers ending in 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 are divisible by 2. Since 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 are multiples of 2
then any number ending in those numbers are divisible by 2. We are looking at the last digits
here.
Divisibility rule for #3:
The rule of divisibility for the number 3 is that you can figure out whether a number is a multiple
of 3 by adding each of its digits. If it is a multiple of 3, its digits will also be a multiple of 3 but
much smaller so it will be easier to tell.
For example: You can apply the divisibility rule of 3 to 2,268 to find out whether it is its multiple.
2+2+6+8=18
Since 18 is a two digit number you can further apply the rule by adding the digits again if you
are still unsure that it is a multiple of 3.
1+8=9
9 is a multiple of 3 because 3x3=9 so 2,268 is also a multiple of 3.
This rule works because it relies on writing the numbers differently since we use base 10. In this
example the 2 is in the thousands place, hence it represents 2,000 which can also be written as
2(1,000). More conveniently it can also be written as 2(999+1) because you know that 999 is
divisible by 3. By subtracting 1 from each place value you get a number that is a divisible by 9
plus 1. You can write this out and apply the rule:
2(999+1) + 2(99+1) + 6(9+1) + 8
2(999) + 2(99) + 6(99) + 18
Since 999, 99, and 9 are multiples of 3 you are only concerned with whatever was taken out.
When you add the leftover units, you get 18 which is a multiple of 3.

Divisibility rules for #4:

-Any number that has an even number in the tens place and has a 0,4 or 8 in the ones place
will be divisible by 4.
If we take the number 224 we can see it is divisible by 4 because 56*4=224
-Any number that has an odd number in the tens place and has a 2 or 6 in the ones place will be
divisible by 4.
An example of this would be 1036, we can show that this is a multiple of 4 because 259*4=1036
Divisibility rules for #5:
-Any number that ends in 00, 25, 50, or 75 is divisible by 5.

-Any number ending in 5 is also divisible by 5.

Here we are looking at the last two digits. Since 25 is a multiple of 100, you can break down a
number such as 4,225 into 42 (100) + 25. Since 100 is a multiple of 25 and 25 is a multiple of 25
then the sum of the numbers must be a multiple of 25.
Divisibility rules for #6
The divisibility rule for 6 is actually a combination of the divisibility rule for 2 and 3 as well.
Meaning that if the last digit is divisible by two then you can move on to the next step in the in
that if the integers of the numbers add up to a multiple of three then the original number is
indeed a multiple of 6.
Ex. 18: 8/2 = 4, 1+8 = 9 (3*3=9), 18/6 = 3
56: 6/2 = 3, 5+6 = 11 [(3*n) does not = 11], 56 is not divisible by 6
Divisibility rules for #9:
The rules for number 9 are similar to those of number 3. You can figure out whether a number is
divisible by 9 by adding the digits together to get a sum of 9.
For example: To find out whether 6,804 is a multiple of 9 you take the sum of its digits.
6+8+0+4=18 and 18 is 1+8 which is 9. The sum of its digits has narrowed down to 9 so 6,804 is
a multiple of 9.
Divisibility rules for #10
-If a number ends in 0 it can be said to be divisible by 10
an example would be 9000, since 9*1000=9000