There's a rule you could memorize for checking divisibility by 11, but other than that there's no shortcut to factoring large numbers unfortunately. Here's a link if you'd like to memorize the rule for divisibility by 11 (but it's really not necessary for the GMAT): www.cuemath.com/numbers/divisibility-rule-of-11/
Hi @Quant Reasoning, do you have any tips on how to better recognize factors for more obscure numbers like 143?
There's a rule you could memorize for checking divisibility by 11, but other than that there's no shortcut to factoring large numbers unfortunately. Here's a link if you'd like to memorize the rule for divisibility by 11 (but it's really not necessary for the GMAT):
www.cuemath.com/numbers/divisibility-rule-of-11/