1984 AIME Problems/Problem 2
Problem
The integer is the smallest positive multiple of
such that every digit of
is either
or
. Compute
.
Solution
Any multiple of 15 is a multiple of 5 and a multiple of 3.
Any multiple of 5 ends in 0 or 5; since only contains the digits 0 and 8, the units digit of
must be 0.
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The sum of the digits of any multiple of 3 must be divisible by 3. If has
digits equal to 8, the sum of the digits of
is
. For this number to be divisible by 3,
must be divisible by 3. We also know that
since
is positive. Thus
must have at least three copies of the digit 8.
The smallest number which meets these two requirements is 8880. Thus the answer is .
See also
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