Problem

Source: MEMO 2024 T7

Tags: number theory, number theory proposed, Digits



Define glueing of positive integers as writing their base ten representations one after another and interpreting the result as the base ten representation of a single positive integer. Find all positive integers $k$ for which there exists an integer $N_k$ with the following property: for all $n \ge N_k$, we can glue the numbers $1,2,\dots,n$ in some order so that the result is a number divisible by $k$. Remark. The base ten representation of a positive integer never starts with zero. Example. Glueing $15, 14, 7$ in this order makes $15147$.