Divisibility of 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10

Objective: To apply the divisiblity rules for divisors of 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.


    Read and understand these rules before you begin the activities for today.

  • Numbers are evenly divisible by 6 if they are evenly divisible by both 2 AND 3. Even numbers are always evenly divisible by 2. Numbers are evenly divisible by 3 if the sum of all the individual digits is evenly divisible by 3. For example, the sum of the digits for the number 3627 is 18, which is evenly divisible by 3 but 3627 is an odd number so the number 3627 is not evenly divisible by 6.


  • To determine if a number is divisible by 7, take the last digit off the number, double it and subtract the doubled number from the remaining number. If the result is evenly divisible by 7 (e.g. 14, 7, 0, -7, etc.), then the number is divisible by seven. This may need to be repeated several times.

    Example: Is 3101 evenly divisible by 7?

    310 - take off the last digit of the number which was 1
      -2 - double the removed digit and subtract it
    308  - repeat the process by taking off the 8
    -16 - and doubling it to get 16 which is subtracted
      14 - the result is 14 which is a multiple of 7


  • Numbers are divisible by 8 if the number formed by the last three individual digits is evenly divisible by 8. For example, the last three digits of the number 3624 is 624, which is evenly divisible by 8 so 3624 is evenly divisible by 8.


  • Numbers are divisible by 9 if the sum of all the individual digits is evenly divisible by 9. For example, the last sum of the digits of the number 3627 is 18, which is evenly divisible by 9 so 3627 is evenly divisible by 9.


  • A number is divisible by 10 only if the last digit is a 0.


  • Do at least 20 problems at each site. One of these activites will count for a grade.

  • Numbers Divisible by 6
  • Numbers Divisible by 7
  • Numbers Divisible by 8
  • Numbers Divisible by 9 and 10