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Problem 1107

AMC 12 late, AIME early
Number theory Difficulty 4.8 Find the answer HMMT November

How many six-digit multiples of 27 have only 3, 6, or 9 as their digits?

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

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Official solution

Divide by 3. We now want to count the number of six-digit multiples of 9 that only have 1, 2, or 3 as their digits. Due to the divisibility rule for 9, we only need to consider when the digit sum is a multiple of 9. Note that 3⋅6=183 \cdot 6=18 is the maximum digit sum. If the sum is 18, the only case is 333333. Otherwise, the digit sum is 9. The possibilities here, up to ordering of the digits, are 111222 and 111123. The first has (63)=20\binom{6}{3}=20 cases, while the second has 6⋅5=306 \cdot 5=30. Thus the final answer is 1+20+30=511+20+30=51.

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