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K Sengupta
Aug5-08, 04:30 AM
A positive 3-digit decimal (base 10) number is such that if we divide the number by 3, reverse the digits of the result, and then subtract 1, we will obtain the original number.

Determine the number. What is the next greater number (possibly with more than 3 digits) with this property?

jimmysnyder
Aug5-08, 05:19 AM
741
Divide by 3: 247
Reverse the digits: 742
Subtract 1: 741, the original number.

I don't know the next number.

jimmysnyder
Aug5-08, 08:10 AM
The next one after 741 is
7425741

Sakha
Aug11-08, 07:21 PM
I tried to do a Visual Basic program to know all this numbers, but I kept getting overflowing.. I guess the other numbers are just really big.