Bill Hooper wrote in USMA 17236: >on 1/5/2002 3:50 PM, Joseph B. Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> This is nonsense. Following Stephen's logic, with base 7, all numbers >> divide by 7. With base 11 numbers, all numbers divide by 11 and so. > >But it's true, Joe. Why do you call it nonsense?
It is a question of what we mean by "divisible". The definition I follow is that the result of the division should be an integer, without a remainder or a fractional part. Thus I would say that 10 is not divisible by 3. I would also say that only numbers that end in a 0 are divisible by 10. Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
