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Digits 1-9 (Posted on 2002-06-05)

Can you arrange the digits 1-9 in any order so that:

The number formed by the first two digits is divisible by 2.

The number formed by the first three digits is divisible by 3.

The number formed by the first four digits is divisible by 4

and so on up to nine digits...

Submitted by Rhonda Wendel

Rating: 3.1429 (7 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

The answer is 381654729.
To see the solution, refer to the excellent thoughts posted by our visiotrs, in particular TomM's step by step elimination guide.

Comments: ( You must be logged in to post comments.)

Subject	Author	Date
Alternative Methodology	K Sengupta	2007-06-23 05:53:34
Problem Resolution	K Sengupta	2007-06-19 05:59:58
puzzle solution	K Sengupta	2007-03-08 11:51:18
Yes or No Question	Drew	2003-10-09 00:03:57
re(2): Eliminate more; Test less(Part 3)	levik	2002-06-12 06:40:02
re: Eliminate more; Test less(Part 3)	Nick Reed	2002-06-09 23:14:21
Eliminate more; Test less(Part 3)	TomM	2002-06-07 14:55:07
Eliminate more; Test less(Part 2)	TomM	2002-06-07 14:54:18
Eliminate more; Test less(Part 1)	TomM	2002-06-07 14:53:20
re: First thoughts (again)	Nick Reed	2002-06-06 06:00:55
Just For Kicks	TomM	2002-06-06 05:43:43
re: First thoughts	Nick Reed	2002-06-06 05:43:05
First thoughts	TomM	2002-06-06 05:35:54

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