I remember it well
I am a bit vague about my bank security number-
It is a four figure number (or possibly five);
It uses four different digits (or possibly five);
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The first digit is four (or possibly five);
The second digit is four (or possibly five) and none of the other digits is smaller;
The number is a prime multiplied by four (or possibly five);
If you reverse the order of the digits you get a number which is the product of four (or possibly five) different primes;
In four (or possibly five) of these statements my first guess is correct.
What is my bank security number?
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Answer to 1603 A double sum: FOURTEEN = 35617889
The winner Graham Clarke of Edinburgh, UK