Question

Find the least number, which is finished by 13, divided by 13 and the sum of digits is 13.

Answer 1

I guess finished by 13 means its last two digits are 13.

I guess divided by 13 means divisible by 13

I guess the sum of the digits includes all the digits, including the 1 and 3.

So our number is of the form

n = 'xxxxxxx13'

where we don't really know how many digits we need. Let's guess two.

`n = 'xy13' = 1000x + 100 y + 13`

x+y+1+3 being 13 means the sum x+y is 9, so 10 pairs y=9-x, (0,9), (1,8), ..., (9,0)

100 = 7(13) + 9 = 8(13)-4 and 1000=76(13)+12 = 77(13)-1

So if
`1000x + 100 y + 13` is a multiple of 13 so is

`-x - 4y + 0`

so so is

`x+4y`

Since x=9-y so is

`9+3y`

Going through the y's, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33 there are no multiples of 13. So we need another digit.

`n = 'zxy13' = 10000z + 1000x + 100 y + 13`

Sorry they're out of order, this way I keep much of the math above.

10000 = 769(13) + 3

So
`x+y+z=9` and
`3z -x - 4y` is a multiple of 13. We can eliminate one variable, how about x=9-y-z.

`3z - (9-y-z) - 4y = 4z-3y-9`

must be a multiple of 13.

Let's try the z's in order; we already know z=0 doesn't work. z=1, -3y-5 must be a multiple of 13, no solutions there. z=2, -3y-1 must be a multiple, so y=4 works giving x=9-2-4=3.

23413 = 1801 × 13