Year 6 Divisibility Rules Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 6 factors, multiples & primes worksheet.
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Use the divisibility rules. For 3 and 9 add the digits; for 4 and 8 look at the last two or three digits.
Answer: False
The last three digits make 273, which is not divisible by 8.
- A55,920
- B46,082
- C67,868
- D67,077
Answer: 55,920
It must divide by 2 and by 3: the last digit is 0 (even) and the digit sum is 21 (a multiple of 3).
Answer: 8
- The digit sum is 36, which is divisible by 9.
Only the digit 8 works.
Answer: True
The last two digits make 28, which is divisible by 4.
- A25,123
- B80,574
- C72,326
- D99,392
Answer: 99,392
The last two digits make 92, which is divisible by 4.
Answer: 8
- The digit sum is 27, which is divisible by 9.
Only the digit 8 works.
Answer: False
The last two digits make 1, which is not divisible by 4.
- A97,342
- B7,191
- C23,246
- D63,667
Answer: 7,191
The digit sum is 18, which is divisible by 9.
Answer: 6
- The digit sum is 36, which is divisible by 9.
Only the digit 6 works.
Answer: True
The last three digits make 216, which is divisible by 8.
- A95,628
- B94,086
- C2,395
- D1,713
Answer: 94,086
The digit sum is 27, which is divisible by 9.
Answer: 1
- The digit sum is 18, which is divisible by 9.
Only the digit 1 works.
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