>>Yes, that was the answer.
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>>I forgot to mention that problems #1-4 have only one single solution.
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>>Although in a problem like "ABCD * 4 = DCBA" you can write a VFP program to test through all the possibilities, and it might even find the solution quickly, the fun part, for a human, is to apply logic, and eliminate some possibilities (e.g., in Annabel, A = 4 is too high, because it gives a four-digit result; A = 1 would give repeated digits; this only leaves 2 or 3 for the first digit).
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>>BTW, for those who have solved problem #2 (ABCD * 4 = DCBA), a similar problem with five digits should now be easy:
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>>

>>Problem #5
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>>ABCDE
>>*   4
>>-----
>>EDCBA
>>

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>>Hilmar.
>
>21978 * 4 = 87912

PS - before you go any further, it works with any number of 9's between the 21 & 78 of the first number.
219978 * 4 = 879912
2199978 * 4 = 8799912
etc