Find all 3-digit natural numbers with non-zero digits that satisfy the following condition: if we delete the left digit of , the obtained number is a divisor of .
, 2012
Solution
Let us write . The condition of the problem says that divides , hence it also divides . First suppose that is not divisible by . Then must divide . Because is a 2-digit natural number, must also be a 2-digit natural number, hence . The number can thus take values , , , , , or . 2-digit divisors of these numbers are , , and , and , and , and , and and , respectively. Allowing only non-zero digits, we get the following solutions: , , , , , , , , , and .
If, on the other hand, is divisible by , we get , because must be a non-zero digit. Hence , from which we conclude that must divide . Because is odd, it must divide . If is divisible by , we get (hence ) and is arbitrary or (hence ) and is equal to , or . We get the following solutions: , , , , , , , and as well as , and .
If, on the other hand, , it is coprime to and hence a divisor of . It must hold and therefore and (otherwise we would have ). If is successively equal to , and , then can be successively equal to , and or or . We get the following solutions: , , , and .
To summarize, the solutions are: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .