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Equal digits (Posted on 2012-06-11)

What is the biggest 5 digit number such that when multiplied by a single digit, the result is a six digit number, with all digits identical?

See The Solution Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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re(2): Solution (spoiler) Base 12 error

| Comment 6 of 7 |

(In reply to re: Solution (spoiler) by Dej Mar)

You wrote: in base 12, B4A01 * 6 = 666666
which makes no sense because 666666 / 6 = 111111
and actually in base 12, B4A01 * 6 = 585006

What you want is in base 12, B2796 * 7 = 666666

Posted by Jer on 2012-06-13 12:56:05

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