PROBLEM # 1
Find the least positive integer that is eleven times the sum of its digits.

FOR GROWNUPS

PROBLEM # 2
What number comes next in this silly sequence:
1, 8, 72, 46, 521, 612, _____

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SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON 11/18/04

FOR CHILDREN

PROBLEM # 1
What is the 150th letter in the pattern ABBCCCDDDD...?

SOLUTION
Q.

FOR GROWNUPS

PROBLEM # 2
Find the value of (234567891)(234567891) -  (234567895)(234567887).

SOLUTION
16.

Congratulations to S. Aggarwal, A. Anand, S. Bansal, A. Baskar, N. Bhargava, A. Chandra, R. Dhillon, S. Dumpala, C. Elumalia, D. Joshi, K. Khandelwal, M. Mankad, S. Mehta, S. Manickavasagam, P. Manjunath, T. Manjunath, M. Misra, S. Pani, Rekha R., A. Saigal, M. Seshadri, N. Sharma, R. Sharma, R. Tammisetti, B. Venkataraman and R. Viswanathan, who were winners of the last set of puzzles.

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