Year 8 Divisibility Rules Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 8 factors, multiples & primes worksheet.
Year 8 Divisibility Rules Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
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 digit sum is 19, which is not divisible by 9.
Answer: True
The digit sum is 9, which is divisible by 9.
Answer: True
The last digit is 2, which is even.
- A9,401
- B535
- C4,012
- D657
Answer: 4,012
The last digit is 2, which is even.
Answer: False
The last two digits make 62, which is not divisible by 4.
Answer: False
The last digit is 2; it is not 0 or 5.
Answer: False
It must divide by 2 and by 3: the last digit is 1 (odd) and the digit sum is 5 (not a multiple of 3).
- A1,015
- B256
- C9,962
- D655
Answer: 256
The last two digits make 56, which is divisible by 4.
Answer: True
The last digit is 0; it is 0.
Answer: False
The last digit is 7, which is odd.
Answer: True
The digit sum is 18, which is divisible by 9.
- A3,906
- B585
- C9,124
- D2,975
Answer: 9,124
The last two digits make 24, which is divisible by 4.
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