Brain Teaser 10/10/2014

Can you find a five digit number which has no zeros nor ones in it and no digit is repeated, where the following is true:

The fourth digit is a quarter of the total of all of the digits.

The second digit is twice the first digit.

The third digit is the largest.

The last digit is the sum of the first two digits.

Solution

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Today in History for 10th October 2014

Historical Events

1846 - Alexis de Tocqueville writes about "Algerian problem"

1904 - Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089

1914 - German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)

1931 - William Waltons "Belshazzar's Feast" premieres in Leeds

1956 - On Skowron's grand slammer NY Yanks beat Dodgers 9-0 in series game 7

1997 - An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.

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Famous Birthdays

1893 - August Balthazar, Belgian politician

1922 - Boeli [Willem C] van Leeuwen, Antillian writer (Vreemdeling Op Aarde)

1926 - Richard Jaeckel, NY, actor (3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima)

1965 - Clive Jones, British engineer

1972 - Hunter Goodwin, tight end (Minnesota Vikings)

1978 - Jodi Lynn O'Keefe, Cliffwood Beach NJ, actress (Cassidy-Nash Bridges)

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Famous Deaths

1659 - Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56

1725 - Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643)

1864 - David Bullock Harris, US Confederate colonel, dies of yellow fever

1913 - Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)

1974 - Marie Luise Kaschnitz, writer, dies at 73

1995 - Jimmy Nash, record company owner, dies at 47

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During the reign of the Roman Emperor Tiberius Caesar…

During the reign of the Roman Emperor Tiberius Caesar, between 14-37 AD, a craftsman created flexible glass which was shatterproof, and would only produce slight dents when dropped, which could be easily repaired with a hammer.

The Emperor, fearing that it would devalue gold and silver, had the craftsman executed. To this day no one knows how the legendary material was made.

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