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Smallest multiple of 15 written with ones and zeros

Question

Find the least positive multiple of 1515 whose decimal digits are all 00 or 11.

Short answer

11101110. Divisibility by 55 forces a final 00, and divisibility by 33 needs the number of 11s to be a multiple of 33. The smallest such number is 11101110.

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