Can you find a number which, when multiplied by 3, gives an answer equivalent to moving its last digit to the front? (see image on right)
Puzzle created and kindly supplied by Michael Jørgensen. The number 142857 has the nice property that multiplying it by 3 is equivalent to simply moving the first digit to the end of the number (see image on left)
Can you find a number which, when multiplied by 3, gives an answer equivalent to moving its last digit to the front? (see image on right)
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