Is 1,236 divisible by 4

Step by step

The question

Question: is 1236 divisible by 4?

Divisible means it goes in exactly, with nothing left over.

1 Look at the last two digits

100 is 4 times 25.

So 4 goes into every hundred.

Only the last two digits are left: 36.

36 divided by 4 is 9, nothing left over.

So yes.

2 Write the answer

So 1236 is divisible by 4.

3 Check

Let's check by dividing.

1236 divided by 4 is 309, nothing left over.

The tests were right!

Let's look back.

First: look at the last two digits.

Then: write the answer.

Last: check.