Thousands place = 1000 (2 x Ones place) Ones place = 1 x (2 x Hundreds place) Hundreds place = 100 x (2 x Tens place) Putting all in terms of ones: Let x = ones place x/4 = tens place x/2 = hundreds place 2x = thousands place
1000 * (2x) + 100 * (x/2) + 10 * (x/4) + 1 *( x) < 10,000 2000x + 50x + 5x/2 + x < 10,000 Multiply both sides by 2 4000x + 100x + 5x + x < 20,000 4106x < 20,000 x < 4.871 Since all place holders are integers, x = 4 Substitute the x value for the given above to return all other place holders x/4 = 4/4 = 1 x/2 = 4/2 = 2 2x = 2*4 = 8 ones place = 4 tens place = 1 hundreds place = 2 thousands place = 8 The 4 digit number is 8,214