Describe a divisibility rule


Finding the "divisibility rule" for number 16

Response to the following problem:

A number is divisible by 2 if the last digit is divisible by 2. A number is divisible by 4 if the last two digits form a number divisible by 4. A number is divisible by 8 if the last three digits for a number divisible by 8.

Objective:

Find a possible pattern. Use this pattern to describe a "divisibility rule" for 16. Test rule on each of the following numbers:

383,488

295,614

314,320

583,052

 

 

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