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  • B Brady Kelly

    What in all gods' name is alphabetical about 8,549? :confused:

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    Sandeep Mewara
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    8 - Eight 5 - Five 4 - Four 9 - Nine ... goes on... can you notice?

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    • S Sandeep Mewara

      You must have seen that it has all the numbers from 0-9 once and thus the sum would be 45, which is divisible by 3... not a prime!

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      Single Step Debugger
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      Yes I remember this one; if the sum of the digits in a number is divisible by 3 this means that the number is also divisible by 3.

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      • S Sandeep Mewara

        +10 :thumbsup: & a 5! How long did you took to figure it out?

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        PIEBALDconsult
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        Sandeep Mewara wrote:

        How long did you took to figure it out?

        Maybe three seconds to form a hypothesis and another five to test and confirm the truth of it.

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        • P PIEBALDconsult

          Sandeep Mewara wrote:

          How long did you took to figure it out?

          Maybe three seconds to form a hypothesis and another five to test and confirm the truth of it.

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          Sandeep Mewara
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          Terrific! :thumbsup:

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          • B Brady Kelly

            Is it prime? That would be a clue, but I have no hope of even guessing. :-O

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            Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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            8,549,176,320 is even!

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            • P PIEBALDconsult

              The digits are alphabetical.

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              Lost User
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              PIEBALDconsult wrote:

              The digits are alphabetical.

              Except that 0 (nought) is in the wrong place. ;)

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              • S Sandeep Mewara

                +10 :thumbsup: & a 5! How long did you took to figure it out?

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                Pete OHanlon
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                Only works if you say zero as opposed to nought or nothing.

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                • S Single Step Debugger

                  Yes I remember this one; if the sum of the digits in a number is divisible by 3 this means that the number is also divisible by 3.

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                  Dan Neely
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                  Deyan Georgiev wrote:

                  Yes I remember this one; if the sum of the digits in a number is divisible by 3 this means that the number is also divisible by 3.

                  or if the sum is divisible by 9, so is the original. If the last 2 digits of a number are divisible by 4, so is the whole number, for 8 it's the last 3 digits. I hope no one here needs to be told the tricks for 1, 2, and 5. There is no shortcut for checking if a number is divisible by 7. :doh:

                  3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                  • S Sandeep Mewara

                    The following number is the only one of its kind: 8,549,176,320 Can you figure out what is so special about it? P.S.: Give a try, before doing a Google please! :)

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                    Nagy Vilmos
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                    If I remember correctly it's the only number divisible by 1-10 with all ten digits. [now I'll read what else has been said]


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                    • S Sandeep Mewara

                      8 - Eight 5 - Five 4 - Four 9 - Nine ... goes on... can you notice?

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                      Brady Kelly
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                      Yeah, got it second time, thanks. Stupid assumption that 'alphabetic' is ascending from 'a' being 1.

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                      • D Dan Neely

                        Deyan Georgiev wrote:

                        Yes I remember this one; if the sum of the digits in a number is divisible by 3 this means that the number is also divisible by 3.

                        or if the sum is divisible by 9, so is the original. If the last 2 digits of a number are divisible by 4, so is the whole number, for 8 it's the last 3 digits. I hope no one here needs to be told the tricks for 1, 2, and 5. There is no shortcut for checking if a number is divisible by 7. :doh:

                        3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                        Single Step Debugger
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                        Haven’t known the tricks for 4 and 8, thanks!

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                        • S Sandeep Mewara

                          +10 :thumbsup: & a 5! How long did you took to figure it out?

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                          hairy_hats
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                          But "nought" comes before "two" and "three". ;P

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                          • S Sandeep Mewara

                            You must have seen that it has all the numbers from 0-9 once and thus the sum would be 45, which is divisible by 3... not a prime!

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                            Marc Clifton
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                            Sandeep Mewara wrote:

                            You must have seen that it has all the numbers from 0-9 once and thus the sum would be 45, which is divisible by 3... not a prime!

                            Geez, that's complicated. It ends with a zero. It's divisible (at minimum) by 2, 5 and 10. No need to reach for further complexity to determine that it's not a prime! Marc

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