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Choose any three-digit number that’s not a palindrome.

Reverse its digits, and subtract the smaller number from the larger.

Reverse the digits of this new number (prepend a zero first if it has only 2 digits) and add this time.

The result will always be 1089.

See Kaprekar’s Constant, Easy, and The Pull of Four.

November 15, 2010November 15, 2010 | Science & Math

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