REVERSAL-ADDITION PALINDROME TEST ON 5020089949

Reverse and Add Process:

1. Pick a number.
2. Reverse its digits and add this value to the original number.
3. If this is not a palindrome, go back to step 2 and repeat.
Let's view this Reverse and Add sequence starting with 5020089949:
5020089949
+ 9499800205
step 1: 14519890154
+ 45109891541
step 2: 59629781695
+ 59618792695
step 3: 119248574390
+ 093475842911
step 4: 212724417301
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step 5: 316438844513
+ 315448834613
step 6: 631887679126
+ 621976788136
step 7: 1253864467262
+ 2627644683521
step 8: 3881509150783
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step 9: 7752028202666
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step 10: 14414056405243
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step 11: 48664521446684
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step 17: 17763622003264577
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step 23: 15702091214032891085
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step 55: 163102723153385029494350228301251
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step 56: 315206545206879950077701555502612
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step 57: 531412100314650010056304101105125
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step 58: 1052913201718300020112717102319260
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step 59: 1682045218890410220150888125511761
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step 60: 3353200437770920440291876250914622
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step 61: 5617390964552840880582653590938155
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step 83: 10196824245482631588773668961262745425385820
+ 02858352454726216986637788513628454242869101
step 84: 13055176700208848575411457474891199668254921
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step 85: 26000463399328696050822915059771400435409952
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step 91: 15227537932077013142469307424032076913973583141
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step 94: 107433491686958334739549905592653395958609434569
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step 95: 1072868398546551691035059851530087255644803769270
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step 96: 1802541483012079491386649356832048812103742451971
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step 97: 3594083956024267893773188823663998514207583904052
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step 98: 6098177813048426887436477637437986138414177709005
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step 99: 11107255527196743784783845383785872386817365427911
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step 100: 23079711899065071643522200222534607155989920698022
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step 101: 45169314898020242287044400445069224212089732495054
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step 102: 90228738696041484583098800889147448414179573891208
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step 103: 170448576293182969057297601778185996828249257673417
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step 104: 884825329236011668639174708570936966109641933517488
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step 105: 1769540668382913338278250516042873832220274857045976
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step 106: 8564948253103135722060656666571602165413113517505647
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step 107: 16030005406216281334122413333132204440726127046000305
+ 50300064072162704440223133331422143318261260450003061
step 108: 66330069478378985774345546664554347758987387496003366
5020089949 takes 108 iterations / steps to resolve into a 53 digit palindrome.

REVERSAL-ADDITION PALINDROME RECORDS

Most Delayed Palindromic Number for each digit length
(Only iteration counts for which no smaller records exist are considered. My program records only the smallest number that resolves for each distinct iteration count. For example, there are 18-digit numbers that resolve in 232 iterations, higher than the 228 iteration record shown for 18-digit numbers, but they were not recorded, as a smaller [17-digit] number already holds the record for 232 iterations.)

DigitsNumberResult
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
89
187
1,297
10,911
150,296
9,008,299
10,309,988
140,669,390
1,005,499,526
10,087,799,570
100,001,987,765
1,600,005,969,190
14,104,229,999,995
100,120,849,299,260
1,030,020,097,997,900
10,442,000,392,399,960
170,500,000,303,619,996
1,186,060,307,891,929,990
solves in 24 iterations.
solves in 23 iterations.
solves in 21 iterations.
solves in 55 iterations.
solves in 64 iterations.
solves in 96 iterations.
solves in 95 iterations.
solves in 98 iterations.
solves in 109 iterations.
solves in 149 iterations.
solves in 143 iterations.
solves in 188 iterations.
solves in 182 iterations.
solves in 201 iterations.
solves in 197 iterations.
solves in 236 iterations.
solves in 228 iterations.
solves in 261 iterations - World Record!
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This reverse and add program was created by Jason Doucette.
Please visit my Palindromes and World Records page.
You have permission to use the data from this webpage (with due credit).
A link to my website is much appreciated. Thank you.

(This program has been run 2,496,075 times since Saturday, March 9th, 2002.)