The digits of the cube of a certain 3-digit number X are, from left to right, the square of a 2-digit number, followed by the square of another 2-digit number, followed by one digit. (Everything is base 10.) What number is X?
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$\begingroup$ This is a cute digit curiosity, but how is it a puzzle? Can anyone find a solution containing an "aha!" insight which enables you to find the answer without brute-forcing the cubes of all 3-digit integers until you find it? $\endgroup$– Rosie FSep 29, 2021 at 7:13
1 Answer
The number you're looking for is:
1,442,897
The three digit number $x$ is:
113
The two, two digit numbers ($y$ and $z$) are:
$y = 12$ and $z = 17$; squared, these are $144$ and $289$ respectively.
The one digit number is:
7
Concatenating these together gives us:
$x^3 = 1442897$
Note: I brute forced my answer since the no-computers tag wasn’t specified.
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1$\begingroup$ Could you note by what method you arrived at this answer? Trial and error? $\endgroup$– bobbleSep 26, 2021 at 22:23