Practice Divisibility Intuition in Math

Use these practice problems to test your method after reviewing the concept explanation and worked examples.

Quick Recap

Understanding when one whole number divides evenly into another, leaving no remainder—the foundation of factor and multiple relationships.

Can you share 12 cookies equally among 4 people? Yes, 3 each. 12 is divisible by 4.

Showing a random 20 of 50 problems.

Example 1

easy
Is 74 divisible by 2?

Example 2

easy
Is 7 divisible by 2?

Example 3

medium
Why does the last-digit test work for 2,5,10 but not for 3?

Example 4

hard
Find the smallest positive integer that is divisible by 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.

Example 5

challenge
Prove the divisibility-by-3 rule: a number is divisible by 3 iff its digit sum is.

Example 6

medium
Is 14 divisible by 6? Show why the 2-and-3 check matters.

Example 7

hard
Find all digits d so that 52,d34 is divisible by 3.

Example 8

medium
Find the smallest digit d so that 13,d5 is divisible by 9.

Example 9

challenge
Find the smallest five-digit number divisible by every integer from 1 to 8.

Example 10

easy
Is 250 divisible by 5? By 10?

Example 11

medium
Contrast the rules: is 24 divisible by 3 and by 9? Use digit sums.

Example 12

medium
Fill in: a number is divisible by 25 iff its last two digits form one of ____, ____, ____, or ____.

Example 13

easy
Find a factor of 15 other than 1 and 15.

Example 14

medium
Is 105 divisible by 15? Check the 3 and 5 conditions.

Example 15

medium
Is 1,000,000 divisible by 8? Use the last-three-digits rule.

Example 16

medium
Is 1,008 divisible by 8? Use the last-three-digits rule.

Example 17

medium
Find all single-digit factors of 36.

Example 18

easy
Use the digit-sum rule: is 81 divisible by 9?

Example 19

medium
Is 2,520 divisible by 12? Check both 3 and 4.

Example 20

hard
Is 12,345,678 divisible by 11? Use the alternating-sum rule.