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Author:Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
Description: Whole numbers have all sorts of curious properties. Consider, for example, the integer 1998. It turns out that 1998 is equal to the sum of its digits plus the cubes of those digits (1 + 9 + 9 + 8 + 13 + 93 + 93 + 83). What's the largest number for which such a relationship holds? The answer is 1998. What about the smallest integer? That was one of the playful challenges presented by number theorist Carl Pomerance of the University of Georgia in Athens...
Levels: Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College
Languages: English
Resource Types: Articles
Math Topics: Number Sense/About Numbers, Prime Numbers, Number Theory, Sequences and Sets

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