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Whats the greatest whole number that uses all digits from 1 to 9

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The greatest whole number using digits from 1 to 9, using the digits only once, is

987654321
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Since our numeric system is positional, the digits further to the right are worth more than those to the left.

So, you want to assign a bigger coefficient to the digits which is more valuable in order to achieve the greatest number possible.

This means that the answer is simply 9876543210

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