UNSW MathSoc Championships Q15

Find the largest five-digit number a b c d e \overline{abcde} (written in usual base 10) with the property that b c d e , c d e , d e , e \overline{bcde}, \overline{cde}, \overline{de}, e all divide a b c d e . \overline{abcde}.


Notation: For example, if a = 7 , b = 4 , c = 5 , a=7, b=4, c=5, a b c 7 × 4 × 5 but a b c = 745. \overline{abc}\ne 7\times 4\times 5\quad \text{but}\quad \overline{abc}=745.


The answer is 95625.

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Let's suppose that a = 9 a=9 , so that a b c d e = 90000 + b c d e \overline{abcde}=90000+\overline{bcde} . Since b c d e \overline{bcde} divides a b c d e \overline{abcde} , it also divides a b c d e b c d e = 90000 \overline{abcde}-\overline{bcde}=90000 . Therefore, a good candidate for b c d e \overline{bcde} is the largest 4-digit divisor of 90000 90000 that is not a multiple of 10 10 (so that e 0 e\neq 0 ). Since 90000 = 2 4 3 2 5 4 90000=2^4 3^2 5^4 , the number that satisfies this condition is 3 2 5 4 = 5625 3^2 5^4 = 5625 . The other three conditions on a b c d e \overline{abcde} also are satisfied: 625 625 , 25 25 and 5 5 divide 95625 95625 . Therefore, the answer is 95625 95625 .

Giorgos K.
Feb 23, 2018

Mathematica

Max@Select[Range[10^4,10^5-1],And@@IntegerQ/@(#/Table[Mod[#,10^i],{i,4}])&]

95625

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