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H. E. Dudeney, Amusements in Mathematics (1917) No. 93 · Puzzles · Arithmetical puzzles

The Mystic Eleven

Can you find the largest possible number containing any nine of the ten digits (calling nought a digit) that can be divided by 11 without a remainder? Can you also find the smallest possible number produced in the same way that is divisible by 11? Here is an example, where the digit 5 has been omitted: 896743012. This number contains nine of the digits and is divisible by 11, but it is neither the largest nor the smallest number that will work.

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H. E. Dudeney, Amusements in Mathematics (1917) · No. 93

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