# Divisibility by Seven

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divisibility-by-seven/568568>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 22, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divisibility-by-seven/568568 "2011-01-22T15:42:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divisibility-by-seven/568568/21 "2011-02-01T19:41:15Z")

</div>

> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#):
>
> IIRC this can be generalized to any base; e.g. if you were using base 12 the number would be divisible by 11 if the sum of the digits is divisible by 11.

Mentioned in post #7.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divisibility-by-seven/568568.md?page=1)