A CURIOSITY IN NUMBERS.
A cariosity of numbers, truly. Tha maUipl'catioa of 987 654.321 by 45 gives 44,444.444,445 Reversing the order of the digits sod multiplying 183 456 789, by 45, we pet the ejaaliy curious resnl 5,555 555,505 If we take 123 as a multiplicand, and interchanging figures r f 45, take 54 as the multiplier, we obla ; n another remarkable product, 6,666,666,606. Returning ta the multiplicand first used, 987.654 321, and taking 54 as the multiplier again, wa get 53,333,313,334 —all threes excepting the first and last figures, which read together 54, the multiplier. Taking the same multiplicand, and using 27, the half of 54, as the multiplier, we get a product of 26,656.666,667 —all sixes except the first and last figures, which read together 27, the jnultiplior. Next iot rchanging the figures in the number 27, and u in ; 72 aa the multiplier, with 937 654 321 aa the multip'icind, we obtain a product of 71,111.111.112 —all ones exc pt tbejSrst a d 1 <st figures, which read tog thar, give 94, tin multiplier. Bqualy curious results may be obtained by multiplying these digits, wiittsn either way, by 9, or by figures , omposi- g the multiples of 9 variously interchanged.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1402, 9 November 1886, Page 2
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203A CURIOSITY IN NUMBERS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1402, 9 November 1886, Page 2
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