2013 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 18
Problem
The number has the property that its units digit is the sum of its other digits, that is
. How many integers less than
but greater than
share this property?
Solution
We take cases on the thousands digit, which must be either or
:
If the number is of the form
where
are digits, then we must have
Since
we must have
By casework on the value of
, we find that there are
possible pairs
, and each pair uniquely determines the value of
, so we get
numbers with the given property.
If the number is of the form then it must be one of the numbers
Checking all these numbers, we find that only
has the given property.
Therefore, the number of numbers with the property is
See also
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