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24 Four Digit Integers Puzzle (Posted on 2024-12-29) Difficulty: 3 of 5
A, B, C, and D represent four different digits that can be combined to yield 24 different four-digit integers.

These 24 integers have the following properties:

  • 4 are primes.
  • 7 are the products of two different odd primes.
  • 1 is the square of a prime.
  • 8 are divisible by 2 but not by 4.
  • 2 are divisible by 4 but not by 8.
  • 1 is divisible by 8 but not by 16
  • 1 is divisible by 16.
Determine the values of A, B, C, and D.

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soln, p&p | Comment 1 of 3
The requirement of a four digit square of a prime limits us to the
squares of the primes from 37 to 97, with only 14 candidates in all. 

Of those, only seven have no repeating digits nor a "0".

In the permutations, any particular one of the 4 digits appears as the
one's digit of 4 unique numbers. Since seven are products of odd
primes, there must be at least two odd digits, so 6241 (79^2) is
eliminated. Now, six candidates remain. 

Since eight of the permutations are divisible by 2, there must be at
least two even digits present. This eliminates four candidates having
3 odd digits. This leaves two candidates: 1849 (43^2) and 3481
(59^2).

I looked at the 12 even permutation of each for divisibility by 16.
Since both 1984 and 9184 are divisible by 16, this eliminates 1849.

So, the digits are 3481.

Checking: only permutation 3184 is divisible by 16. Also, exactly 4
primes are present in the permutations: 4831, 4813, 8431, and 1483. (OK - I performed this last check by googling "is this prime?")
I didn't bother to check the other four (!) constraints. 

Edited on December 30, 2024, 3:59 am
  Posted by Steven Lord on 2024-12-29 09:38:46

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