The sum of the digits of the positive
integer is . What is the smallest integer
whose digits also have a
sum of 10?
The product of the digits of the integer
is . How many integers
between and , including , have the property that the product
of their digits is ?
The sum of , and is equal to . The average of and is equal to . Determine the ordered pair .
Problem 18
Official solution
We look for integers between and that have a sum of digits of .
Such integers are of the form
for some digits and .
Since the sum of the digits is ,
then or .
For to be greater than , we need .
If , then , which gives us the integer
.
To find the next greatest integer, we try $x
= 3y = 5$.
This gives us the integer ,
which is the smallest integer $n >
2026$ with the desired property.
Consider the three-digit positive integers with product of digits equal to (that is, $a
c = 9$).
Since , then ,
and are either , ,
in some order or , ,
in some order. (There are no other factors that can be used.)
The possible integers are ,
, , , , ; there are such integers.
Since the sum of , and is equal to 48, then and so or .
Since the average of and is equal to , then and so or $y
= 5x$.
Substituting into , we obtain or and so .
Since , then and so .