Year 6 Divisibility Rules Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — 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: True
The last three digits make 640, which is divisible by 8.
- A72,501
- B36,047
- C47,055
- D80,168
Answer: 80,168
The last three digits make 168, which is divisible by 8.
Answer: 3
- The digit sum is 27, which is divisible by 9.
Only the digit 3 works.
Answer: True
It must divide by 2 and by 3: the last digit is 6 (even) and the digit sum is 24 (a multiple of 3).
- A95,708
- B33,254
- C38,121
- D92,646
Answer: 92,646
It must divide by 2 and by 3: the last digit is 6 (even) and the digit sum is 27 (a multiple of 3).
Answer: 7
- The digit sum is 27, which is divisible by 9.
Only the digit 7 works.
Answer: True
The last two digits make 32, which is divisible by 4.
- A81,967
- B56,394
- C50,268
- D75,298
Answer: 56,394
The digit sum is 27, which is divisible by 9.
Answer: 8
- The digit sum is 27, which is divisible by 9.
Only the digit 8 works.
Answer: False
It must divide by 2 and by 3: the last digit is 6 (even) and the digit sum is 25 (not a multiple of 3).
- A83,502
- B75,026
- C61,478
- D27,655
Answer: 83,502
It must divide by 2 and by 3: the last digit is 2 (even) and the digit sum is 18 (a multiple of 3).
Answer: 3
- The digit sum is 18, which is divisible by 9.
Only the digit 3 works.
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