REVERSAL-ADDITION PALINDROME TEST ON 6999

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 6999:
6999
+ 9996
step 1: 16995
+ 59961
step 2: 76956
+ 65967
step 3: 142923
+ 329241
step 4: 472164
+ 461274
step 5: 933438
+ 834339
step 6: 1767777
+ 7777671
step 7: 9545448
+ 8445459
step 8: 17990907
+ 70909971
step 9: 88900878
+ 87800988
step 10: 176701866
+ 668107671
step 11: 844809537
+ 735908448
step 12: 1580717985
+ 5897170851
step 13: 7477888836
+ 6388887747
step 14: 13866776583
+ 38567766831
step 15: 52434543414
+ 41434543425
step 16: 93869086839
+ 93868096839
step 17: 187737183678
+ 876381737781
step 18: 1064118921459
+ 9541298114601
step 19: 10605417036060
+ 06063071450601
step 20: 16668488486661
6999 takes 20 iterations / steps to resolve into a 14 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 2,549,941 times since Saturday, March 9th, 2002.)