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4 in the ten thousands

by sanju09 » Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:36 am
This mystery number has 5 digits. There is a 4 in the ten thousands place. None of the other digits is a 4. What is the smallest number that this mystery number can be?
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:29 pm
cannt 0 be the smallest no
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by sanju09 » Mon Jul 12, 2010 3:08 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:cannt 0 be the smallest no
0 is not a 5 digit number.
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by Tani » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:05 am
40,000
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by debmalya_dutta » Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:36 pm
same here - 40,000
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by bdevas01 » Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:30 am
Why can't it be -40,000?
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by gmatmachoman » Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:15 am
bdevas01 wrote:Why can't it be -40,000?
IMO -49999
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by bdevas01 » Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:32 am
gmatmachoman wrote:
bdevas01 wrote:Why can't it be -40,000?
IMO -49999
Yep that seems to be the right answer.

Thanks for taking it one step further!
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by debmalya_dutta » Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:57 am
Thanks Guys...oversight ... traps of GMAT :)
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by Tani » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:49 pm
good catch!
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by singhpreet1 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:29 am
bdevas01 wrote:
gmatmachoman wrote:
bdevas01 wrote:Why can't it be -40,000?
IMO -49999
Yep that seems to be the right answer.

Thanks for taking it one step further!
i thought we were looking for the smallest possible number right? then why 49999, when 40000 is the smallest...is there a negative sign i missed?

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by kvcpk » Sat Jul 24, 2010 7:41 am
singhpreet1 wrote:
bdevas01 wrote:
gmatmachoman wrote:
bdevas01 wrote:Why can't it be -40,000?
IMO -49999
Yep that seems to be the right answer.

Thanks for taking it one step further!
i thought we were looking for the smallest possible number right? then why 49999, when 40000 is the smallest...is there a negative sign i missed?

Preet
Yes Preet.. There is a negtive sign
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