Year 5 Divisibility Rules Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 5 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 616, which is divisible by 8.
- A54,363
- B40,390
- C99,517
- D27,332
Answer: 27,332
The last two digits make 32, which is divisible by 4.
Answer: 7
- The digit sum is 27, which is divisible by 9.
Only the digit 7 works.
Answer: True
The last three digits make 96, which is divisible by 8.
- A39,163
- B77,283
- C49,760
- D31,574
Answer: 77,283
The digit sum is 27, which is divisible by 9.
Answer: 4
- The digit sum is 27, which is divisible by 9.
Only the digit 4 works.
Answer: True
The last three digits make 968, which is divisible by 8.
- A19,380
- B84,186
- C98,435
- D28,237
Answer: 84,186
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: True
The last two digits make 44, which is divisible by 4.
- A5,231
- B51,081
- C16,776
- D17,907
Answer: 16,776
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: 4
- The digit sum is 18, which is divisible by 9.
Only the digit 4 works.
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