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# divisible

«divisible» in Mova's school dictionary: **divisible by another number if it can be divided by it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (divisible)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In maths, a number is divisible by another number if it can be divided by it exactly, with no remainder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divisible/#m1)

2) Divisible means able to be divided or split into parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divisible/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons, children learn divisibility rules: a number is divisible by 2 if it is even; by 5 if it ends in 0 or 5; by 10 if it ends in 0; by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3; by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9. Phrases: divisible by, exactly divisible, not divisible.

### examples

- 12 is divisible by 3 because 12 ÷ 3 = 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divisible/#x1)
- 15 is not divisible by 2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divisible/#x2)
- Every even number is divisible by 2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divisible/#x3)
- 135 is divisible by 5 because it ends in 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divisible/#x4)
- 81 is divisible by 9: 8 + 1 = 9. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divisible/#x5)
- Is 100 divisible by 4? Yes, 100 ÷ 4 = 25. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divisible/#x6)
- The sweets were divisible equally between the four children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divisible/#x7)

### note

Used with «by»: divisible by 3. Opposite: indivisible, not divisible. Spelling trap: div-I-s-I-ble, ending «-ible», not «-able». In maths: if A is divisible by B, then B is a factor of A and A is a multiple of B; dividing gives a whole number with remainder 0. A prime number is divisible only by 1 and itself.

### In the corpora

- [Most years divisible by 4 are leap years, such as 2024 and 2028.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/9-time-zones-and-the-calendar/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «divisible» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divisible/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.