Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/172 - Curious Multiplicand

Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $172$

Curious Multiplicand

Readers who remember the Ribbon Problem No. $83$ in The Canterbury Puzzles, may be glad to have this slightly easier variation of it:

What number is it that can be multiplied by $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$, or $6$ and no new figures appear in the result?

Sources

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: $172$. -- Curious Multiplicand
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Digital Puzzles: $142$. Curious Multiplicand