September 21, 2010
Wolfram’s MathWorld describes Kaprekar numbers like this:
Consider an n-digit number k. Square it and add the right n digits to the left n or n-1 digits. If the resultant sum is k, then k is called a Kaprekar number. For example, 9 is a Kaprekar number since 92 = 81 and 8 + 1 = 9 and 297 is a Kaprekar number since 2972 = 88209 and 88 + 209 = 297.
Your task is to write a function that identifies Kaprekar numbers and to determine the Kaprekar numbers less than a thousand. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.
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