126.--SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION.

From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney.

The number required is 3,529,411,764,705,882, which may be multiplied by 3 and divided by 2, by the simple expedient of removing the 3 from one end of the row to the other. If you want a longer number, you can increase this one to any extent by repeating the sixteen figures in the same order.

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