Question

43

Mystery #2
The mystery
number has
three digits
The sum of
the number's
digits is 12
The product
of the
number's
digits is 50
The number
is less than
500
What is the
mystery
number?
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Answer 1

9514 1404 393

Answer:

255

Explanation:

The factorization of 50 is 2×5×5. The sum of these factors is 12, so these are the digits of interest. Arranged with 5 as the leading digit, the number is not less than 500, so 2 must be the leading digit.

The mystery number is 255.