Working from left-to-right if no digit is exceeded by the digit to its left it is called an increasing number; for example, 134468. Similarly if no digit is exceeded by the digit to its right it is called a decreasing number; for example, 66420. We shall call a positive integer …
An irrational decimal fraction is created by concatenating the positive integers: 0.123456789101112131415161718192021… It can be seen that the 12th digit of the fractional part is 1. If dn represents the nth digit of the fractional part, find the value of the following expression. d1 × d10 × d100 × d1000 …
Surprisingly there are only three numbers that can be written as the sum of fourth powers of their digits: 1634 = 14 + 64 + 34 + 44 8208 = 84 + 24 + 04 + 84 9474 = 94 + 44 + 74 + 44 As 1 = 14 is not a sum it is not included. The sum …