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Concatenated Numbers and Divisibility (Posted on 2010-06-29) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Each of p and q is a 6-digit base ten positive integer with no leading zero. The 12-digit number that is obtained by writing p and q side-by-side is divisible by the product p*q.

Determine all possible pair(s) (p, q) for which this is possible.

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re: Full solution | Comment 6 of 7 |
(In reply to Full solution by Steve Herman)

Congratulations to all!  This solution showed up on my final list (for p and q of six digits),  but so did about 25 others which were within the precison limits I could check by program (limited to 17 significant digits).  The Microsoft calculator ( which I think has about 31 significant digits) showed the final division of the 12-digit by the product of p*q only "coming close" for the others I checked manually.  As I speculated, q seemed as though it had to be a multiple of p -- one of the very near misses was 166667 and 500001.
  Posted by ed bottemiller on 2010-06-29 18:33:15

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