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Anil Saigal 11/19/2004
PROBLEM # 1 Find the least positive integer that is eleven times the sum of its digits.
FOR GROWNUPS
PROBLEM # 2 What number comes next in this silly sequence: 1, 8, 72, 46, 521, 612, _____
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON 11/18/04
FOR CHILDREN
PROBLEM # 1 What is the 150th letter in the pattern ABBCCCDDDD...?
SOLUTION Q.
FOR GROWNUPS
PROBLEM # 2 Find the value of (234567891)(234567891) - (234567895)(234567887).
SOLUTION 16.
Congratulations to S. Aggarwal, A. Anand, S. Bansal, A. Baskar, N. Bhargava, A. Chandra, R. Dhillon, S. Dumpala, C. Elumalia, D.
Joshi, K. Khandelwal, M. Mankad, S. Mehta, S. Manickavasagam, P.
Manjunath, T. Manjunath, M. Misra, S. Pani, Rekha R., A. Saigal, M.
Seshadri, N. Sharma, R. Sharma, R. Tammisetti, B. Venkataraman and R.
Viswanathan, who were winners of the last set of puzzles.
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