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Try starting with other numbers - maybe decimals or negative numbers.
How is the machine working out your starting numbers?
Can you devise your own set of instructions so you can work out someone else's starting numbers in the same way?How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.
Think of two whole numbers under 10, and follow the steps. I can work out both your numbers very quickly. How?
My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?