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A 1000 Year Old Trick for Divisibility by 37

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The method of casting out nines has long been used as a check for manual arithmetic calculations. Casting out 9s is done by adding the digits of a number, and then repeating this process until a single digit number is reached. Through this process we can check the validity of our computations. We'll discuss how casting out 9s involves something called modular congruence, which concerns the remainder after a division - and from here we see how we can cast out 99s, and cast out 999s to test for certain divisibilities - namely, 37. #mathtricks #maths #mathematics More math chats: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLztBpqftvzxXQDmPmSOwXSU9vOHgty1RO Join Wrath of Math to get exclusive videos, lecture notes, and more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyEKvaxi8mt9FMc62MHcliw/join ★DONATE★ ◆ Support Wrath of Math on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/wrathofmathlessons ◆ Donate on PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/wrathofmath Follow Wrath of Math on... ● Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wrathofmathedu ● TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wrathofmathedu ● X: https://x.com/wrathofmathedu 0:00 Intro 1:36 Casting out 9s 5:57 Why Casting out 9s Works 9:52 Another Example 10:34 Modular Congruence 11:30 Merely a Check 13:39 Division 16:05 Remainders with 3 17:32 Casting out 11s 19:43 Divisibility Rule for 37 23:38 Conclusion

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