Meaning & use
Divisibility
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The property of a number being able to be divided by another number without leaving a remainder.
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Teachers use divisibility rules to help students quickly determine if a number is divisible by 3 or 9.
The divisibility of the total bill by four made splitting the check simple.
A note on using this word
In number theory, divisibility rules provide quick shortcuts for testing division without performing the actual calculation, such as summing digits to check for multiples of 3.
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