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UKMT Cayley Olympiad, 2023

Algebra Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Prove it United Kingdom

Aroon's PIN has four digits. When the first digit (reading from the left) is moved to the end of the PIN, the resulting integer is 6 less than 3 times Aroon's PIN. What could Aroon's PIN be?

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