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Dutch Mathematical Olympiad

Netherlands number theory

Problem

For a three-digit positive integer, we can multiply the three digits together. We call the result the digit product of that number. For example, has digit product and has digit product . A number cannot begin with the digit . Determine the three-digit number that equals exactly five times its own digit product.
Solution
Final answer
175

Techniques

Techniques: modulo, size analysis, order analysis, inequalitiesIntegers