Digit Product of 96

How many three digit numbers have a digit product of 96?

9 18 12 6 15

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Tom Engelsman
May 15, 2021

We are interested in finding x , y , z N x,y,z \in \mathbb{N} such that x y z = 96. xyz = 96. Knowing that 96 = 2 5 3 1 96 = 2^{5}3^{1} , we have 6 6 positive integer divisor pairs:

( 1 , 96 ) ; ( 2 , 48 ) ; ( 3 , 32 ) ; ( 4 , 24 ) ; ( 6 , 16 ) ; ( 8 , 12 ) (1,96); (2,48); (3,32); (4,24); (6,16); (8,12)

We determine that 12 = 2 6 = 3 4 12 = 2\cdot 6 = 3 \cdot 4 , which gives the triplet sets ( 2 , 6 , 8 ) (2,6,8) and ( 3 , 4 , 8 ) (3,4,8) (each of which produces 6 6 unique three-digit numbers). Also, we determine that 16 = 2 8 = 4 4 16 = 2 \cdot 8 = 4 \cdot 4 for the triplet sets ( 6 , 2 , 8 ) (6,2,8) and 6 , 4 , 4 ) 6,4,4) (the former being a duplicate). Next, we have 24 = 3 8 = 4 6 24 = 3 \cdot 8 = 4 \cdot 6 , or the triplets ( 4 , 3 , 8 ) ; ( 4 , 4 , 6 ) (4,3,8); (4,4,6) (both are duplicates). There's also 32 = 4 8 32 = 4 \cdot 8 which gives ( 3 , 4 , 8 ) (3,4,8) (another duplicate). Finally, there's 48 = 6 8 48 = 6 \cdot 8 which yields ( 2 , 6 , 8 ) (2,6,8) (yet another duplicate).

Altogether, we have the critical triplets:

( 2 , 6 , 8 ) 268 , 286 , 628 , 682 , 826 , 862 (2,6,8) \Rightarrow 268,286,628,682,826,862 ( 6 6 total);

( 3 , 4 , 8 ) 348 , 384 , 438 , 483 , 834 , 843 (3,4,8) \Rightarrow 348, 384,438,483,834,843 ( 6 6 total);

( 4 , 4 , 6 ) 446 , 464 , 644 (4,4,6) \Rightarrow 446,464,644 ( 3 3 total)

or 15 \boxed{15} such numbers.

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