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Move the 3, Triple the number (Posted on 2004-03-01)

If you moved the 3 at the end of a certain large number to the beginning, it would be the same as multiplying it by 3. What is the number?

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re: another method--computer-assisted

| Comment 4 of 17 |

The underlines didn't come out right in those long-division examples, but the long division is supposed to look like this:

103 --- 3)310 3 --- 10 9 -- 1

Posted by Charlie on 2004-03-01 10:49:02

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