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Earlier today I set this elegant number puzzle. Here it is again with a solution. Nose to tail There is a number N beginning with 4 such that moving the 4 to the end of it creates a new number that is ...

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Imagine taking out a 12-inch ruler and finding that the number 12 is on the left side and the number 1 is on the right side. For most native English speakers, this would be disorienting. We are used ...