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Questions tagged [number-property]

Puzzles that use number properties such as even and odd, multiples of numbers, part of a well-known sequence (i.e. Fibonacci) or theorem (Pythagorean relations) or others in part of the method to solve the question.

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puzzle from 2.191.149.204 — lv. easy Numbers are cool. If you join two (or more) numbers together, you get another valid number. For example add 3,756 and 4,192 together. You get 37,564,192 which is ...
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Inspiration from my usual column at the SPIEGEL. A mock binary $m$ is a decimal number with digits $0$ and $1$ only. Find the smallest $m$ such that $p\mid m$ for $p\leq30$ (it gets uninteresting fast)...
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Just had the idea but no solution and am too lazy to write a computer program (a solution without is preferred, of course). About 10^8 loops (10!*factoring) should suffice: c is a number consisting of ...
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Are there infinitely many perfect cubes, such as 216 and 512, which remain a positive cube after removing its first and last digits?
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You are given the following 4 by 4 grid of numbers. Create four groups of four numbers such that the numbers in each group share some common property. This puzzle is a (hopefully harder) sequel to ...
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Next puzzle You are given the following 4 by 4 grid of numbers. Create four groups of four numbers such that the numbers in each group share some common property. (The placement of numbers in the ...
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Is it possible to fill a 45 × 45 square with 1 to 2025 = 452 such that each pair of adjacent number is coprime? I'm pretty sure that it is possible and can probably get a construction, but I don't see ...
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I am considering to create a mathematical puzzle in the form of a numerical crossword. What I mean by that is a puzzle similar to a normal crossword but with digits instead of letters that form ...
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Each group in this connect-wall shares a number having those properties. Aliquot sum is a prime Catalan Digit sum is a cube Exponent of isolated Mersenne prime Fibonacci Friendly Hexagonal Lucas ...
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Question is as follows: 8619 - 4. 1253 - 0 9273 - 1 6656 - 3 1086 - ? What is the question mark? I tried summing the digits, checking number of 2's in prime factorization, but 2nd relation (1253 - 0) ...
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Take as a semi-related example a series of circles with radii 10, 9, 8, ..., 2, 1. Place the first (largest) circle in the center and subsequent circles around it, keeping tangency between subsequent ...
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Alice and Bob play the following game, taking turns. Alice starts and writes a digit from the set M={1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} at the blackboard. Bob appends another digit from the set M until a 2n-digit ...
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How do you get the numbers 33-99 by using the numbers 2,0,2,4
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All I need is 56-59, 69, 73, 75- 77, 79, 86, 90-94, 99. I've done the rest but I would love to hear other solutions. Rules: Use any of the following operations: basic operations (+ - x /), to the ...
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Try to make all numbers 1-30 using the digits 2, 0, 2, 5. Rules: Use all four digits exactly once. Allowed operations: $+,−,×,÷,! \text{ (factorial)}, !! \text{ (double factorial)}, !!! \text{ (...
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