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Enigma Number 1706

By Adrian Somerfield

11 July 2012

Festival figures

In 1951 the Festival of Britain was held, with three main features at the exhibition site – the Dome of Discovery, the Skylon and the Royal Festival Hall. This inspired me to write down three positive whole numbers; altogether they use nine digits, with no digit repeated. One of the numbers is a perfect square and the other two are primes. They add up to 1951.

What, in increasing order, are my three numbers?

WIN £15 will be awarded to the sender of the first correct answer opened on Tuesday 14 August. The Editor’s decision is final. Please send entries to Enigma 1706, Âé¶¹´«Ã½, Lacon House, 84 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8NS, or to enigma@newscientist.com (please include your postal address).

Answer to 1700 Polymagic: Penny had four choices for the hexagon and none for the octagon

The winner Tom Coldron of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK

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