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🔢Make the Biggest Number!
Glue the 5 pieces [3, 30, 34, 5, 9] into one line to make the largest number!
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Glue the 5 pieces [3, 30, 34, 5, 9] into one line to make the largest number!
Dodam runs a small shop that makes custom license plates. The shop has a box of metal pieces with numbers engraved on them. Each piece has one or more digits, like 3, 30, or 34. A customer asks: "Glue all of these pieces into one line and make the biggest possible number!" In what order should the pieces be joined to form the largest number? Using every piece exactly once, find the largest number you can build.
5 3 30 34 5 9
9534330
Joining in the order 9, 5, 34, 3, 30 gives 9534330. You cannot simply order by numeric value (34 is the largest). The key is putting 30 after 3 (330 > 303).
3 10 2 9
9210
Joining 9, 2, 10 gives 9210. Comparing 2 and 10: 210 > 102, so 2 comes first.