Anilraj Bual K0848483 13/10/2010

Making 200

Question A.

You are given four digits (all strictly positive, i.e. greater than 0) arranged in a square
with a distinct digit from 1 to 9 in each quarter. For example:

5 6
3 2

You make this arrangement into 4 integers by reading horizontally and vertically and
then adding these numbers up. So, in the above example,

56 + 32 + 53 + 62 = 203

In how many different ways (with different combinations of digits) can you fill in
such a square so that the resulting sum is 200?

For example, here is one way

1 7
9 2

Firstly I thought of eliminating groups of numbers looking at odds and evens. Using
the fact that one or three odd numbers added to an even number, can never total to an
even number. This was successful but only to eliminate a few options.

For example if E is even and O is odd.

E O
E O

O + E + O + O = an odd number therefore never equalling 200, there are others

however this told me little about sets that equal exactly 200.

But after I labelled the box with letters I could see the following formula.
A B
C D

AB + AC + BD + CD = 200
10A + 10A + 10B + B + 10C + C + D + D = 200
20A+11B+11C+2D=200

If A is 9, no sets, because:
20 x 9 = 180
Leaving 20
11 x 1 + 11 x 2 > 20, therefore no sets.
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If A is 8, no sets
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 40
If B or C is 1 or 2 = 33
2D = 7
7 is not divisible by 2.

If A is 7
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 60 2 SETS
B or C = 1 or 3, D = 8.

If A is 6
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 80 4 SETS
B or C = 1 or 5, D = 7,
B or C = 2 or 4, D = 7.

If A is 5
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 100 2 SETS
B or C = 1 or 7, D = 6.

If A is 4
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 120 6 SETS
B or C = 1 or 9, D = 5,
B or C = 2 or 8, D = 5,
B or C = 3 or 7, D = 5.

If A is 3
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 140 2 SETS
B or C = 5 or 7, D = 4.

If A is 2
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 160 4 SETS
B or C = 5 or 9, D = 3,
B or C = 6 or 8, D = 3.

If A is 1
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 180 2 SETS
B or C = 7 or 9, D = 2.

There are 22 sets.

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Question B.

Now redo the above research but allow possible repetitions of digits in the original
square. Whilst you may be able to write a computer program to get the answer, I will
only give marks for algebraic and therefore mathematical arguments to support your
answer.

If A is 9, no sets, because:
20 x 9 = 180
Leaving 20
11 x 1 + 11 x 1 > 20, therefore no sets.

If A is 8, no sets
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 40 1 SET
If B or C is 1 = 22
2D = 18
Therefore D is 9.

If A is 7
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 60 3 SETS
B or C = 1 or 3, D = 8,
B or C = 2, D = 8.

If A is 6
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 80 5 SETS
B or C = 1 or 5, D = 7,
B or C = 2 or 4, D = 7,
B or C = 3, D = 7.

If A is 5
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 100 7 SETS
B or C = 1 or 7, D = 6,
B or C = 2 or 6, D = 6,
B or C = 3 or 5, D = 6,
B or C = 4, D = 6.

If A is 4
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 120 9 SETS
B or C = 1 or 9, D = 5,
B or C = 2 or 8, D = 5,
B or C = 3 or 7, D = 5,
B or C = 4 or 6, D = 5,
B or C = 5, D = 5.

If A is 3
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 140 7 SETS
B or C = 6, D = 4,
B or C = 5 or 7, D = 4,
B or C = 4 or 8, D = 4,
B or C = 3 or 9, D = 4.
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If A is 2
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 160 5 SETS
B or C = 7, D = 3,
B or C = 6 or 8, D = 3,
B or C = 5 or 9, D = 3.

If A is 1
(11xB) + (11xC) + (2xD) = 180 3 SETS
B or C = 8, D = 2,
B or C = 7 or 9, D = 2.

If you can use, the same number more then once there is 40 sets that equal 200.