There are 4! or 24 such numbers. So there are 24 digits in each column. There are the same number of 1's in each column as there are 2's, 3's and 4's. so there are 24÷4 or 6 of each digit in each column. So each column sums to 6*1+6*2+6*3+6*4 = 6(1+2+3+4) = 6(10) = 60, so the sum is the sum of the thousands column, which is 60, times 1000 plus the sum of the hundreds column, which is 60, times 100 plus the sum of the tens column, which is 60, times 10 plus the sum of the units column, which is 60. 1000(60) + 100(60) + 10(60) + 60 = 60(1000+100+10+1) = 60(1111)= 66660 And since there are only 24 of them, you can check just by adding; 1234 1243 1324 1342 1423 1432 2134 2143 2314 2341 2413 2431 3124 3142 3214 3241 3412 3421 4123 4132 4213 4231 4312 +4321 ----- 66660 Edwin