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Make a set of numbers that use all the digits from 1 to 9, once and once only. Add them up. The result is divisible by 9. Add each of the digits in the new number. What is their sum? Now try some other possibilities for yourself!

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How many noughts are at the end of these giant numbers?

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Prove that if a^2+b^2 is a multiple of 3 then both a and b are multiples of 3.

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