Check if a large number is divisible by 3 or not Last Updated : 23 Apr, 2025 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report Given a number, the task is that we divide number by 3. The input number may be large and it may not be possible to store even if we use long long int.Examples: Input : n = 769452Output : YesInput : n = 123456758933312Output : NoInput : n = 3635883959606670431112222Output : YesSince input number may be very large, we cannot use n % 3 to check if a number is divisible by 3 or not, especially in languages like C/C++. The idea is based on following fact.A number is divisible by 3 if sum of its digits is divisible by 3.Illustration: For example n = 1332Sum of digits = 1 + 3 + 3 + 2 = 9Since sum is divisible by 3,answer is Yes.How does this work? Let us consider 1332, we can write it as1332 = 1*1000 + 3*100 + 3*10 + 2The proof is based on below observation:Remainder of 10i divided by 3 is 1So powers of 10 only result in value 1.Remainder of "1*1000 + 3*100 + 3*10 + 2"divided by 3 can be written as : 1*1 + 3*1 + 3*1 + 2 = 9The above expression is basically sum ofall digits.Since 9 is divisible by 3, answer is yes.Below is the implementation of the above fact : C++ // C++ program to find if a number is divisible by // 3 or not #include<bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; // Function to find that number divisible by 3 or not int check(string str) { // Compute sum of digits int n = str.length(); int digitSum = 0; for (int i=0; i<n; i++) digitSum += (str[i]-'0'); // Check if sum of digits is divisible by 3. return (digitSum % 3 == 0); } // Driver code int main() { string str = "1332"; check(str)? cout << "Yes" : cout << "No "; return 0; } Java // Java program to find if a number is // divisible by 3 or not import java.io.*; class IsDivisible { // Function to find that number // divisible by 3 or not static boolean check(String str) { // Compute sum of digits int n = str.length(); int digitSum = 0; for (int i=0; i<n; i++) digitSum += (str.charAt(i)-'0'); // Check if sum of digits is // divisible by 3. return (digitSum % 3 == 0); } // main function public static void main (String[] args) { String str = "1332"; if(check(str)) System.out.println("Yes"); else System.out.println("No"); } } Python # Python program to find if a number is # divisible by 3 or not # Function to find that number # divisible by 3 or not def check(num): # Compute sum of digits digitSum = 0 while num > 0: rem = num % 10 digitSum = digitSum + rem num = num // 10 # Check if sum of digits is divisible by 3. return (digitSum % 3 == 0) # main function num = 1332 if check(num): print("Yes") else: print("No") # This code is contributed by Md Saiyad Ali. C# // C# program to find if a number is // divisible by 3 or not using System; class GFG { // Function to find that number // divisible by 3 or not static bool check(string str) { // Compute sum of digits int n = str.Length; int digitSum = 0; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) digitSum += (str[i] - '0'); // Check if sum of digits is // divisible by 3. return (digitSum % 3 == 0); } // main function public static void Main () { string str = "1332"; if(check(str)) Console.WriteLine("Yes"); else Console.WriteLine("No"); } } // This code is contributed by vt_m. JavaScript <script> // Javascript program to find if a // number is divisible by // 3 or not // Function to find that // number divisible by 3 or not function check(str) { // Compute sum of digits let n = str.length; let digitSum = 0; for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) digitSum += (str[i] - '0'); // Check if sum of digits // is divisible by 3. return (digitSum % 3 == 0); } // Driver code let str = "1332"; let x = check(str) ? "Yes" : "No "; document.write(x); // This code is contributed by _saurabh_jaiswal. </script> PHP <?php // PHP program to find if a // number is divisible by // 3 or not // Function to find that // number divisible by 3 or not function check($str) { // Compute sum of digits $n = strlen($str); $digitSum = 0; for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++) $digitSum += ($str[$i] - '0'); // Check if sum of digits // is divisible by 3. return ($digitSum % 3 == 0); } // Driver code $str = "1332"; $x = check($str) ? "Yes" : "No "; echo($x); // This code is contributed by Ajit. ?> OutputYesTime Complexity: O(n), where n is the number of digits in the input string. This is because the for loop is used to sum up all the digits in the string, and the loop runs for n iterations.Auxiliary Space: O(1), as we are not using any extra space. Method 2: Checking given number is divisible by 3 or not by using the modulo division operator "%". C++ #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { //input long long int n=769452; // finding given number is divisible by 3 or not if (n % 3 ==0) { cout << "Yes"; } else { cout << "No"; } return 0; } // This code is contributed by satwik4409. Java /*package whatever //do not write package name here */ import java.io.*; class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // input long n = 769452; // finding given number is // divisible by 3 or not if (n % 3 == 0) { System.out.println("Yes"); } else { System.out.println("No"); } } } // This code is contributed by laxmigangarajula03 Python # Python code # To check whether the given number is divisible by 3 or not #input n=769452 # the above input can also be given as n=input() -> taking input from user # finding given number is divisible by 3 or not if int(n)%3==0: print("Yes") else: print("No") # this code is contributed by gangarajula laxmi C# using System; public class GFG{ static public void Main (){ //input long n = 769452; // finding given number is divisible by 3 or not if (n % 3 == 0) { Console.Write("Yes"); } else { Console.Write("No"); } } } // This code is contributed by laxmigangarajula03 JavaScript <script> // JavaScript code for the above approach // To check whether the given number is divisible by 3 or not //input var n = 769452 // finding given number is divisible by 3 or not if (n % 3 == 0) document.write("Yes") else document.write("No") // This code is contributed by Potta Lokesh </script> PHP <?php $num = 769452; // checking if the given number is divisible by 3 or // not using modulo division operator if the output of // num%3 is equal to 0 then given number is divisible // by 3 otherwise not divisible by 3 if ($num % 3 == 0) { echo "true"; } else { echo "false"; } ?> OutputYesTime Complexity: O(1) as it is doing constant operationsAuxiliary Space: O(1) Comment More infoAdvertise with us Next Article Analysis of Algorithms D DANISH_RAZA Improve Article Tags : Misc Mathematical DSA divisibility number-digits large-numbers +2 More Practice Tags : MathematicalMisc Similar Reads Basics & PrerequisitesLogic Building ProblemsLogic building is about creating clear, step-by-step methods to solve problems using simple rules and principles. 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