• @[email protected]
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    99 months ago

    There are tricks like that for a lot of numbers. For 7, chop off the last digit, double it and add it to what’s left. Repeat as required. If the result is divisible by 7 then the original number was. eg: 356 -> 35+12=47 not db7. 357 =>35+14 both db7 so we don’t even need to do the add.

      • Sockenklaus
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        38 months ago

        You clearly mean:

        14: 1 + 8 = 9 (not db 7)

        Someone else in this thread correctly stated:

        “Chop of last digit, double it and subtract from what is left”

        14: 1 - 8 = -7. (dB 7!)

        Math is awesome, I didn’t know this trick!

        • @BruceDoh
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          18 months ago

          Yes, that’s what I meant. The subtract rule works.