Thursday, March 1, 2012

How Many Non-Zero Digits?

How many nonzero digits does 1213519 have when written as a decimal?

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1213519=121351356=1(25)1356=1101356=10-13156
note I can multiple by 1 whenever I want without changing the value, and 1=(2626), continuing:
=10-13(2626)156
=10-13262656
=10-1326(25)6
=10-1326106=10-1310-626=2610-19
=(23)210-19=8210-19=6410-19

the 10-19 is only going to change the place of the decimal, not the number of non-zero digits, so the answer is simply 2, the number of digits in 64.

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