Duncan Williamson: Verifying or Creating a Checki Digit for a 13 digit ISBN ISBN

Value No Mulitplicands Digit Calculation

1 1 9 9 0
2 3 7 21 0
3 1 8 8 1
4 3 1 3 1
5 1 8 8 1
6 3 6 18 1
7 1 1 1 1
8 3 9 27 1
9 1 7 7 1
10 3 2 6 1
11 1 7 7 1
12 3 1 3 1
Sum 118 118 118 74
Divisor 10
Modulo result 8
Check Digit 2
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First 12 digits x their multipliers = the results

9 x 1 = 9
7 x 3 = 21
8 x 1 = 8
1 x 3 = 3
8 x 1 = 8
6 x 3 = 18
1 x 1 = 1
9 x 3 = 27
7 x 1 = 7
2 x 3 = 6
7 x 1 = 7
1 x 3 = 3

Add the results:

9 + 21 + 8 + 3 + 8 + 18 + 1 + 27 + 7 + 6 + 7 + 3 = 118
Modulo 10 the result:

118 modulo 10 = 110 remainder 8

Work out the check digit:
8 doesn't equal zero, so check digit = 10 - 8 = 2
Compare the calculated check digit (2) with the one we first entered (2). They are the same, so looks like w
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