[Riddler] Long Division

[Mike]

In the problem below, the only given digit is the seven. The asterisks can be any digit at all. There is no remainder at the end. There is only one solution.



I really enjoyed this one.

[Phoebe]

OooooooooOOOooooo I love these. I can tell you Hold the phone! I have to drive my kid somewhere!


Well, here's what happens when you take a long break. You can't figure out how you got where you had gotten the first time. I have no idea how I got most of the above, but I remember having gotten it. No clue how.

So now here's where I am:


I'm leaving this here because now I have to put kids to bed and I don't want to lose the damn thread this time!!!

[Mike]

That's the same response I had. I spent the first few seconds thinking, "How the hell would you even approach this?" And then I spotted three digits that I knew immediately, and I was off to the races.

[Phoebe]

Okay, finally figured this one out. Pretty sure this has to be right. I got to the point described above and then realized my first three digit number had to be

[Mike]

Told you that was a fun one.

With a couple tweaks, I went through the same steps.