Check if a large number is divisible by 4 or not

Difficulty Level : Easy
Last Updated : 09 Aug, 2022

Given a number, the task is to check if a number is divisible by 4 or not. The input number may be large and it may not be possible to store even if we use long long int.

Examples:

Input : n = 1124
Output : Yes

Input  : n = 1234567589333862
Output : No

Input  : n = 363588395960667043875487
Output : No

Since input number may be very large, we cannot use n % 4 to check if a number is divisible by 4 or not, especially in languages like C/C++. The idea is based on following fact.

A number is divisible by 4 if number formed by last two digits of it is divisible by 4.

Illustration:

For example, let us consider 76952 
Number formed by last two digits = 52
Since 52 is divisible by 4, answer is YES.

How does this work?

Let us consider 76952, we can write it as
76942 = 7*10000 + 6*1000 + 9*100 + 5*10 + 2

The proof is based on below observation:
Remainder of 10ⁱ divided by 4 is 0 if i greater 
than or equal to two. Note than 100, 1000,
... etc lead to remainder 0 when divided by 4.

So remainder of "7*10000 + 6*1000 + 9*100 + 
5*10 + 2" divided by 4 is equivalent to remainder 
of following : 
0 + 0 + 0 + 5*10 + 2 = 52
Therefore we can say that the whole number is 
divisible by 4 if 52 is divisible by 4.

Below is implementation of above idea :

C++

// C++ program to find if a number is divisible by
// 4 or not
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find that number divisible by
// 4 or not
bool check(string str)
{
    int n = str.length();
 
    // Empty string
    if (n == 0)
        return false;
 
    // If there is single digit
    if (n == 1)
        return ((str[0] - '0') % 4 == 0);
 
    // If number formed by last two digits is
    // divisible by 4.
    int last = str[n - 1] - '0';
    int second_last = str[n - 2] - '0';
    return ((second_last * 10 + last) % 4 == 0);
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    string str = "76952";
   
    // Function call
    check(str) ? cout << "Yes" : cout << "No ";
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program to find if a number is
// divisible by 4 or not
class IsDivisible
{
    // Function to find that number
    // is divisible by 4 or not
    static boolean check(String str)
    {
        int n = str.length();
 
        // Empty string
        if (n == 0)
            return false;
 
        // If there is single digit
        if (n == 1)
            return ((str.charAt(0) - '0') % 4 == 0);
 
        // If number formed by last two digits is
        // divisible by 4.
        int last = str.charAt(n - 1) - '0';
        int second_last = str.charAt(n - 2) - '0';
        return ((second_last * 10 + last) % 4 == 0);
    }
 
    // Driver code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        String str = "76952";
       
        // Function call
        if (check(str))
            System.out.println("Yes");
        else
            System.out.println("No");
    }
}

Python3

# Python 3 program to find
# if a number is divisible
# by 4 or not
 
# Function to find that
# number divisible by
# 4 or not
 
 
def check(st):
    n = len(st)
 
    # Empty string
    if (n == 0):
        return False
 
    # If there is single
    # digit
    if (n == 1):
        return ((st[0] - '0') % 4 == 0)
 
    # If number formed by
    # last two digits is
    # divisible by 4.
    last = (int)(st[n - 1])
    second_last = (int)(st[n - 2])
 
    return ((second_last * 10 + last) % 4 == 0)
 
 
# Driver code
st = "76952"
 
# Function call
if(check(st)):
    print("Yes")
else:
    print("No ")
 
# This code is contributed by Nikita tiwari

C#

// C# program to find if a number is
// divisible by 4 or not
using System;
 
class GFG
{
    // Function to find that number
    // is divisible by 4 or not
    static bool check(String str)
    {
        int n = str.Length;
 
        // Empty string
        if (n == 0)
            return false;
 
        // If there is single digit
        if (n == 1)
            return ((str[0] - '0') % 4 == 0);
 
        // If number formed by last two
        // digits is divisible by 4.
        int last = str[n - 1] - '0';
        int second_last = str[n - 2] - '0';
 
        return ((second_last * 10 + last) % 4 == 0);
    }
 
    // Driver code
    public static void Main()
    {
        String str = "76952";
 
        // Function call
        if (check(str))
            Console.Write("Yes");
        else
            Console.Write("No");
    }
}
 
// This code is Contributed by nitin mittal.

PHP

<?php
// PHP program to find if a
// number is divisible by
// 4 or not
 
// Function to find that
// number divisible by
// 4 or not
function check($str)
{
    $n = strlen($str);
 
    // Empty string
    if ($n == 0)
        return false;
 
    // If there is single digit
    if ($n == 1)
        return (($str[0] - '0') % 4 == 0);
 
    // If number formed by
    // last two digits is
    // divisible by 4.
    $last = $str[$n - 1] - '0';
    $second_last = $str[$n - 2] - '0';
    return (($second_last * 10 + $last) % 4 == 0);
}
 
// Driver code
$str = "76952";
 
// Function call
$x = check($str)? "Yes" : "No";
echo($x);
 
// This code is contributed by Ajit.
?>

Javascript

//Javascript program to check whether a string is divisible by 4 or not
 
// function to check the divisibility
function check(str)
{ 
      // checking the length for future reference
      var n = str.length;
 
      // if it is empty then directly returning false
      if( n == 0)
      {        
           return false;
      }
  
      if( n == 1)
      {
           return ((str[0] -'0') % 4 == 0);
      }
      var lastNumber = str[n-1] -'0';
      var lastSecondNUmber = str[n-2] -'0';
      return ((lastSecondNUmber * 10  + lastNumber) % 4 == 0);   
}
 
// Driver code
var str="76952";
 
//checking the value by passing it into the function
// Function call
if(check(str)){
  console.log("Yes");
}
else{
  console.log("No");
}

Output

Yes

Time Complexity: O(1), as we are not using any loops for traversing.

Auxiliary Space: O(1), as we are not using any extra space.

Method 2: Checking given number is divisible by 4 or not by using the modulo division operator “%”.

C++

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    // input
    long long int n = 1234567589333862;
      
    // finding given number is divisible by 4 or not
    if (n % 4 == 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=123456758933;
          
        // the above input can also be given as n=input() -> taking input from user
        // finding given number is divisible by 7 or not
        if (n % 4 == 0)
        {
            System.out.println("Yes");
        }
        else
        {
            System.out.println("No");
        } 
       
        
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by laxmigangarajula03

Python3

# Python code
# To check whether the given number is divisible by 4 or not
 
#input
n=1234567589333862
# the above input can also be given as n=input() -> taking input from user
# finding given number is divisible by 4 or not
if int(n)%4==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=1234567589333862;
          
        // the above input can also be given as n=input() -> taking input from user
        // finding given number is divisible by 7 or not
        if (n % 4 == 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 4 or not
 
       //input
       var n = 1234567589333862
       // finding given number is divisible by 4 or not
       if (n % 4 == 0)
           document.write("Yes")
       else
           document.write("No")
 
   // This code is contributed by Potta Lokesh
   </script>

Output

No

Time Complexity: O(1), as we are not using any loops for traversing.

Auxiliary Space: O(1), as we are not using any extra space.

Method 3: Use of inbuilt function Atoi() in C++.
The atoi() function in C++ takes a string (which represents an integer) as an argument and returns its value of type int. So basically the function is used to convert a string argument to an integer.

Syntax:

int atoi(const char str)

Parameters: The function accepts one parameter str which refers to the string argument that is needed to be converted into its integer equivalent.

Return Value: If str is a valid input, then the function returns the equivalent integer number for the passed string number. If no valid conversion takes place, then the function returns zero.

Implementation

C++

// C++ program to find if a number is divisible by
// 4 or not
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    char str[] = "76952";
    int n = (sizeof(str) / sizeof(char))-1;
    char ch[2];
    if (n >= 2) {
        ch[0] = str[n - 2];
        ch[1] = str[n - 1];
    }
    else if (n == 1) {
        ch[0] = 0;
        ch[1] = str[0];
    }
 
    int x;
    x = atoi(ch);
    if (!(x % 4)) {
        cout << "YES";
    }
    else {
        cout << "NO";
    }
 
    return 0;
}
 
// This code is contributed by Aarti_Rathi

Java

// Java program to find if a number is divisible by
// 4 or not
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG
{
   
    // Driver code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        String str = "76952";
        int n = str.length();
 
        char[] ch = new char[2];
        if (n >= 2) {
            ch[0] = str.charAt(n - 2);
            ch[1] = str.charAt(n - 1);
        }
        else if (n == 1) {
            ch[0] = '0';
            ch[1] = str.charAt(0);
        }
 
        int x = (ch[0] - '0') * 10 + (ch[1] - '0');
        if ((x % 4) == 0) {
            System.out.println("YES");
        }
        else {
            System.out.println("NO");
        }
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by phasing17

Python3

# Python3 program to find if a number is divisible by
# 4 or not
 
# Driver code
str = "76952";
n = len(str);
ch = ["", ""]
 
if (n >= 2):
    ch[0] = str[n - 2]
    ch[1] = str[n - 1]
 
elif (n == 1):
    ch[0] = '0';
    ch[1] = str[0];
 
x = int("".join(ch));
if (x % 4 == 0):
    print("YES");
 
else:
    print("NO");
 
 
# This code is contributed by phasing17

C#

// C# program to find if a number is divisible by
// 4 or not
using System;
 
class GFG {
  // Driver code
  public static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    string str = "76952";
    int n = str.Length;
    char[] ch = new char[2];
    if (n >= 2) {
      ch[0] = str[n - 2];
      ch[1] = str[n - 1];
    }
    else if (n == 1) {
      ch[0] = '0';
      ch[1] = str[0];
    }
 
    int x = (ch[0] - '0') * 10 + (ch[1] - '0');
    if ((x % 4) == 0) {
      Console.WriteLine("YES");
    }
    else {
      Console.WriteLine("NO");
    }
  }
}
 
// This code is contributed by phasing17

Javascript

// JavaScript program to find if a number is divisible by
// 4 or not
 
// Driver code
let str = "76952";
let n = str.length;
let ch = new Array(2);
 
if (n >= 2) {
    ch[0] = str.charAt(n - 2);
    ch[1] = str.charAt(n - 1);
}
 
else if (n == 1) {
    ch[0] = '0';
    ch[1] = str.charAt(0);
}
 
let x;
x = parseInt(ch.join(""));
if (x % 4 == 0) {
    console.log("YES");
}
else {
    console.log("NO");
}
 
// This code is contributed by phasing17

Output

YES

Time Complexity: O(1), as we are not using any loops for traversing.

Auxiliary Space: O(1), as we are not using any extra space.

Method 4: (Using substring function)

Use substring function to get the last two characters of the string.
Convert the string to integer
Check if it is divisible by 4 or not, using (number%4 == 0).

This approach is contributed by Abhijeet Kumar.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ program to find if a number is divisible by
// 4 or not
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find that number divisible by
// 4 or not
bool check(string str)
{
    // Get the length of the string
    int n = str.length();
 
    // Empty string
    if (n == 0)
        return false;
    // stoi(string_variable) is used in C++
    // to convert string to integer
 
    // If there is single digit
    if (n == 1)
        return ((stoi(str)) % 4 == 0);
 
    // getting last two characters using substring
    str = str.substr(n - 2, 2);
    // If number formed by last two digits is
    // divisible by 4.
    return ((stoi(str)) % 4 == 0);
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    string str = "76952";
 
    // Function call
    check(str) ? cout << "Yes" : cout << "No ";
    return 0;
}
 
// This code is contributed by Abhijeet Kumar(abhijeet19403)

Java

// Java program to find if a number is
// divisible by 4 or not
class IsDivisible {
    // Function to find that number
    // is divisible by 4 or not
    static boolean check(String str)
    {
        // Get the length of the string
        int n = str.length();
 
        // Empty string
        if (n == 0)
            return false;
        // Integer.parseInt(string_variable) is used in Java
        // to convert string to integer
 
        // If there is single digit
        if (n == 1)
            return ((Integer.parseInt(str)) % 4 == 0);
 
        // getting last two characters using substring
        str = str.substring(n - 2);
        // If number formed by last two digits is
        // divisible by 4.
        return ((Integer.parseInt(str)) % 4 == 0);
    }
 
    // Driver code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        String str = "76952";
 
        // Function call
        if (check(str))
            System.out.println("Yes");
        else
            System.out.println("No");
    }
}
// This code is contributed by Abhijeet Kumar(abhijeet19403)

Python3

# Python 3 program to find
# if a number is divisible
# by 4 or not
 
# Function to find that
# number divisible by
# 4 or not
def check(st):
    n = len(st)
 
    # Empty string
    if (n == 0):
        return False
 
    # int(string_variable) is used in Python3
    # to convert string to integer
 
    # If there is single
    # digit
    if (n == 1):
        return (int(st) % 4 == 0)
 
    # slicing of strings is used in Python to function as substring
    st = st[n-2:]
    # If number formed by
    # last two digits is
    # divisible by 4.
    return (int(st) % 4 == 0)
 
 
# Driver code
st = "76952"
 
# Function call
if(check(st)):
    print("Yes")
else:
    print("No ")
 
# This code is contributed by Abhijeet Kumar(abhijeet19403)

C#

// C# program to find if a number is
// divisible by 4 or not
using System;
 
class GFG
{
    // Function to find that number
    // is divisible by 4 or not
    static bool check(String str)
    {
        int n = str.Length;
 
        // Empty string
        if (n == 0)
            return false;
       
        // int.Parse(string_variable) is used in C#
        // to convert string to integer
       
        // If there is single digit
        if (n == 1)
            return (int.Parse(str) % 4 == 0);
         
          // getting last two characters using substring
          str = str.Substring(n-2);
        // If number formed by last two
        // digits is divisible by 4.
        return (int.Parse(str) % 4 == 0);
    }
 
    // Driver code
    public static void Main()
    {
        String str = "76952";
 
        // Function call
        if (check(str))
            Console.Write("Yes");
        else
            Console.Write("No");
    }
}
 
// This code is Contributed by Abhijeet Kumar(abhijeet19403)

Javascript

//Javascript program to check whether a string is divisible by 4 or not
 
// function to check the divisibility
function check(str)
{ 
      // checking the length for future reference
      var n = str.length;
 
      // if it is empty then directly returning false
      if( n == 0)
      {        
           return false;
      }
       
       // parseInt(string_variable) is used in Javascript
      // to convert string to integer
      if( n == 1)
      {
           return (parseInt(str) % 4 == 0);
      }
       
      // getting last two characters using substring
      str = str.substring(n-2);
       
      // If number formed by last two digits is
      // divisible by 4.
      return (parseInt(str) % 4 == 0);   
}
 
// Driver code
var str="76952";
 
//checking the value by passing it into the function
// Function call
if(check(str)){
  console.log("Yes");
}
else{
  console.log("No");
}
// This code is contributed by Abhijeet Kumar(abhijeet19403)

Output

Yes

Time Complexity: (1)

substring function takes O(n) time, where n is the length of the substring and as here n is equal to 2 thus the time complexity is constant.

Auxiliary Space: O(1)

As constant extra space is used.

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