What is the lowest number that can be evenly divided by every single digit number?
Question #79947. Asked by MikeRB.
Last updated Aug 21 2016.
Silvertop
Answer has 38 votes
Silvertop
Answer has 38 votes.
The smallest I have found is 2520...try it and see, it works.
May 05 2007, 3:08 PM
paper_aero
Answer has 80 votes
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paper_aero 19 year member
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Answer has 80 votes.
Currently voted the best answer.
2520 is the lowest.
Start with 9 x 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1
This is divisible by all single digit numbers
The 1 is irrelevant.
If the number is divisible by 9 then it is divisible by 3
If the number is divisible by 8 then it is divisible by 2 & 4
If it is divisible by 8 & 9 then it is divisible by 6
This reduces the calculation to
9 x 8 x 7 x 5
= 2520
May 05 2007, 3:24 PM
thegogga
Answer has 20 votes
thegogga 18 year member
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Answer has 20 votes.
Yeah, the smallest number I have found is 2520.
Response last updated by nautilator on Aug 21 2016.
May 05 2007, 3:26 PM
McGruff
Answer has 25 votes
McGruff Moderator 25 year member
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Answer has 25 votes.
2520 is the smallest number that can be divided by each of the numbers from 1 to 10 without any remainder.
Response last updated by nautilator on Aug 21 2016.
May 05 2007, 10:00 PM
wendypj
Answer has 17 votes
wendypj 18 year member
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Answer has 17 votes.
It would seem that, but for the number 7, 360 would have been the lowest number possible. Putting the 7 into the equation raises it to 2520.
Response last updated by nautilator on Aug 21 2016.
May 06 2007, 7:47 PM
