CURIOUS FACTS IN FIGURES.
The multiplication of 987654321 by 45 gives 44444444445. Reversing the order' of the digits and multiplying 123456789 by 45 we get a result , equally curious, 5555555505. If we take 123456789 as the multiplicand, and interchanging-the figures of 45, take 54 as the multiplier, we obtain another remarkable product, 6666666606. Returning to the multiplicand first Used, 987654321, and taking 54 as the multiplier again, we get 53333333334 all threes exctfpttbe'first and last figured, which read together 54, the multiplier. Taking the same multiplicand and using 27, the half of 54, as the multi-j|ier,-we get a product of 26666666667, f all sixes except the first and last figures, which read together 27, the multiplier. Next.interchanging the figures in the number 27 and using 72 aslthe multiplier, with 987654321 as the multiplicand, we obtain* a product of 71111111112—a1l ones, except the firsthand last figures, which, read together, give 72 the multiplier.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1045, 5 February 1880, Page 3
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152CURIOUS FACTS IN FIGURES. Kumara Times, Issue 1045, 5 February 1880, Page 3
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