Solution

39837

First name
Patrick Sebire
School
The Hayes Primary School
Country
Age
11

My solution to solving the four digits problem was quiet tricky. It is hard at first but when their becomes less numbers it starts to pour out of you. I started with the largest odd number to try seeing if it was the biggest I could get it before I started the other numbers. When I finally decided on what number I was going to do I came out with 9763. It is not that big but I had to save all the other numbers so it wasn’t the only one to shine.
Then I began with the closest to 5000. At first I started with 4998 but soon realized that all the numbers consisting of 4998 were way too big and had to be saved for bigger numbers. So I decided that I wasn’t probably going to use the two 00, so I decided to with a satisfying 5001.
Then with the multiple of three I started with 8649, soon realizing that it wasn’t the biggest number I could make. After jiggling around with some numbers (which you should always do) I ended up with 9846.
When looking for the next number to stat with I soon came across that I hadn’t done the largest even number. Looking at my numbers I had 84721235. I used the largest numbers then used the rest for the smallest multiple of 5. When eventually finalizing all the numbers I ended up with 8763. Leaving 1235.