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Puzzle of the Day

These puzzles are also printed in Eight days a week, a booklet published by the Association of Teachers of Mathematics.

Multiply together any four consecutive numbers (for instance 7,8,9,10) then add one. You should be able to find a number which when you multiply it by itself gives this same answer. Does this always work?

Answer: 71x71 = 5041. Yes