- Jul 11, 2001
- 40,875
- 10,222
- 136
Saw this today in article in the New York Times:
Beyond ‘Hidden Figures’: Nurturing New Black and Latino Math Whizzes
Is there a 10-digit number where the first digit is equal to how many 0’s are in the number, the second digit is equal to how many 1’s are in the number, the third digit is equal to how many 2’s are in the number, all the way up to the last digit, which is equal to how many 9’s are in the number?
I puzzled over this for a few minutes, resorted to paper and pencil. Finally decided this:
Beyond ‘Hidden Figures’: Nurturing New Black and Latino Math Whizzes
Is there a 10-digit number where the first digit is equal to how many 0’s are in the number, the second digit is equal to how many 1’s are in the number, the third digit is equal to how many 2’s are in the number, all the way up to the last digit, which is equal to how many 9’s are in the number?
I puzzled over this for a few minutes, resorted to paper and pencil. Finally decided this:
6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
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