Stage: 3 Challenge Level: 
The sum of the first 'n' natural numbers is a 3 digit number in which all the digits are the same. How many numbers have been summed?
Working systematically. Workshop. Properties of numbers. Addition & subtraction. Factors and multiples. Place value. Divisibility. Formulae. Generalising. Multiplication & division.
Published April 2001.
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