It’s easy to tell if a given whole number is divisible by 2. Just check whether the last digit is even. There are also simple rules to determine whether a number is divisible by 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10. The exception is 7.
The known rules for testing for divisibility by 7 are amazingly cumbersome.
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