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More or less 6 days (Posted on 2019-01-24) Difficulty: 3 of 5
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A student has a book containing 411 pages.

She read a certain number of pages on the first day and created a rule to work out how many pages she had to read on each succeeding day.
She decided that the number of pages to be read on the next day should be equal to the square of the sum of the digits of the page she ended at.
She found that on the sixth day, the number of pages she had set herself to read took her exactly to the final page of the book.
How many pages did she read on the 1st day?
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The above puzzle comes from a Cambridge University publication.

My question: list all the possibles scenarios , completing the book not necessarily in 6-day period, but still adherring to her rules.

  Submitted by Ady TZIDON    
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61 pages on the 1st day is the only way to extend
the reading to 6 days.

The list of all the possibles scenarios:
13 5 days: 13 16 121 36 225
16 4 days: 16 49 121 225
29 4 days: 29 121 36 225
61 6 days: 61 49 4 36 36 225
65 3 days: 65 121 225
110 5 days: 110 4 36 36 225
114 4 days: 114 36 36 225
150 3 days: 150 36 225
186 2 days: 186 225
190 3 days: 190 100 121
241 3 days: 241 49 121
290 2 days: 290 121

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  Subject Author Date
Some ThoughtsBTWAdy TZIDON2019-01-26 01:26:27
SolutionMy comments on solutions - spoilerAdy TZIDON2019-01-26 00:57:34
re(2): computer solution--all waysCharlie2019-01-25 12:53:28
Hints/Tipsre: computer solution--all waysSteve Herman2019-01-25 09:53:30
Solutioncomputer solution--all waysCharlie2019-01-25 09:08:22
soln via computer - 6 or lessSteven Lord2019-01-25 03:25:56
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