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18-yes, 17-maybe (Posted on 2010-08-06) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Prove that among any 18 consecutive 3-digit numbers there must be at least one which is divisible by the sum of its digits.

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These are the 3-digit numbers that are divisible by the sums of their digits:

 

100  102  108  110  111  112  114  117  120  126  132  133  135  140  144  150
152  153  156  162  171  180  190  192  195  198  200  201  204  207  209  210
216  220  222  224  225  228  230  234  240  243  247  252  261  264  266  270
280  285  288  300  306  308  312  315  320  322  324  330  333  336  342  351
360  364  370  372  375  378  392  396  399  400  402  405  407  408  410  414
420  423  432  440  441  444  448  450  460  465  468  476  480  481  486  500
504  506  510  511  512  513  516  518  522  531  540  550  552  555  558  576
588  592  594  600  603  605  612  621  624  629  630  640  644  645  648  660
666  684  690  700  702  704  711  715  720  730  732  735  736  738  756  770
774  777  780  782  792  800  801  803  804  810  820  825  828  832  840  846
864  870  874  880  882  888  900  902  910  912  915  918  935  936  954  960
966  972  990  999
The Maximum difference between successive entries is 18.

These are the gaps, where the difference is 18, and so there are 17 that are skipped over:

18            558  576
18            666  684
18            738  756
18            846  864
18            936  954
18            972  990

DECLARE FUNCTION sod# (x#)
DEFDBL A-Z
CLS
FOR n = 100 TO 999
 s = sod(n)
 IF n MOD s = 0 THEN
   IF prev > 0 THEN
     diff = n - prev
     IF diff > max THEN max = diff
   END IF
   PRINT n;
   prev = n
 END IF
NEXT
PRINT : PRINT max: PRINT
FOR n = 100 TO 999
 s = sod(n)
 IF n MOD s = 0 THEN
   IF prev > 0 THEN
     diff = n - prev
     IF diff = max THEN PRINT diff, prev; n
   END IF
   prev = n
 END IF
NEXT

FUNCTION sod (x)
 sum = 0
 n$ = LTRIM$(STR$(x))
 FOR i = 1 TO LEN(n$)
   sum = sum + VAL(MID$(n$, i, 1))
 NEXT
 sod = sum
END FUNCTION

 


  Posted by Charlie on 2010-08-06 13:59:53
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