Thursday, 27 January 2011

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Math Qn

Someone needed help with the following question:
The digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 can form 120 five-digit numbers, each without any repeating digit. What is the sum of these 120 numbers?

Solution by Lim Li:
Each of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 appears 24 (i.e. 120/5) times in the Ones, Tens, Hundreds, Thousands and 10 Thousands place.
1+2+3+4+5 = 15
24 x 15 = 360
Hence,
+++++360
++++360
+++360
++360
+360
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=3999960 (sum of all 120 numbers)
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