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I caught a bus the other day with a very interesting number. Can you work out the number on the bus?

• It has four digits
• It’s less than 2000
• Its digits add up to 10
• If you reverse its digits, you get the same number (it’s a palindrome)

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Brainteaser answer

The bus I caught was number 1441.
Here’s one way to work it out:

• If it has four digits and it’s less than 2000, the first digit must be a 1.
• Since it’s the same forwards and backwards, the last digit must also be 1.
• Since all the digits together make 10, the middle two digits must add to eight.
• Since the number is the same forwards and backwards, the two middle digits must be the same, so they must both be 4.

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