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Feisty Fifty-six (Posted on 2013-10-04)

Determine the minimum value of a positive integer N such that:
N ends with 56, and:
N is divisible by 56 and:
The sum of the digits of N is equal to 56.

Extra Challenge: Solving this puzzle without a computer program.

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

The required minimum value is N = 29899856.
For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Tristan in this location.

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Subject	Author	Date
solution	Tristan	2013-10-05 01:27:53
By hand method	Jer	2013-10-04 16:11:41
re: computer solution	Ady TZIDON	2013-10-04 13:15:01
computer solution	Charlie	2013-10-04 11:44:12
Answer: minimum (maybe ) value	Ady TZIDON	2013-10-04 11:08:46

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