Because you can know if your answer will be a whole number when you divide.
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But you do know the factors of prime numbers. Every prime number has two factors: one and the number itself.
Knowing the divisibility rules will help you by being able to recognize if a number has factors (other than one and itself) which are covered by the rules. This will save actually having to start doing divisions.
7 is a prime number!
A Prime number is a number that is not divisible into whole numbers, except by itself and one. 135 is not a prime number as it is divisible by 5 with a ressulting quotient of 27.
109 is a prime number.