SOLUTION: what is my five digit number? the sum of the five digits is 22

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Question 761120: what is my five digit number? the sum of the five digits is 22

Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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I am a 5 digit number.
this is essentially a "guess and check" problem
digits could be 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
choose first 5
0,1,2,3,4,5......their sum is 15; so, go with higher values
5,6,7,8,9.....their sum is 35; so, go with smaller values
3,4,5,6,7....their sum is 25;...we need to replace 3 with 0
0,4,5,6,7.....their sum is 22; so, your 5 digit number could be 76540, or 40567, or any other combination