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Number ending in 4 quadrupled by rotating that digit

Question

Find the smallest positive integer whose last digit is 44 and which becomes exactly four times larger when that last digit is moved to the front (for example, 12341234 would become 41234123).

Short answer

102564102564. Build it digit by digit from the right: multiply by 44 and carry, feeding each product digit into the next place, until a 44 appears with no carry. This gives 102564102564, and indeed 4×102564=4102564\times102564=410256.

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