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Transposition Fix

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Suppose an operator types a US Bank check code into a machine and transposes two adjacent digits will the machine pick up every error of this type? Does the same apply to ISBN numbers; will a machine. . . .

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Check Code Sensitivity

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

You are given the method used for assigning certain check codes and you have to find out if an error in a single digit can be identified.

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Check Codes

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Details are given of how check codes are constructed (using modulus arithmetic for passports, bank accounts, credit cards, ISBN book numbers, and so on. A list of codes is given and you have to check. . . .


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