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5 Digit Number (Posted on 2003-08-20) Difficulty: 3 of 5
I am thinking of a 5 digit number that when tripled is a perfect square.

Also, when the 5 digit number is split, the first number is double the second one. What is the five digit number?

(Splitting the 5 digit number into two numbers means 12345 into 1 and 2345 or 123 and 45.)

  Submitted by Gamer    
Rating: 3.0000 (6 votes)
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The numbers must be split into a 3 digit number and a 2 digit number. Since the 3 digit number is double the 2 digit number, it must be divisible by 201 (for example 13869 = 69 x 201). This can be easier seen doing multiplaction by hand.

Since 201 = 67 x 3, and the two digit number times 201 or (67 x 3) times 3 is a perfect square, the following equation is true: ((? x (67 x 3)) x 3) = perfect square.

Since 67 needs to be accounted for, it must be some perfect square times 67 for the two digit number. The only one that works here is 67 itself. So the 5 digit number is 13467.

134 = 67 x 2, and 13467 x 3 = 201^2

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SolutionSOLUTIONNot Applicable2003-08-20 14:41:51
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