Count Beautiful Numbers - Practice Coding Problems

Count Beautiful Numbers - Problem

Dynamic Programming Hard

Imagine you're a mathematician fascinated by the hidden beauty in numbers! You've discovered that some numbers have a special property where the product of their digits is divisible by the sum of their digits.

Given two positive integers l and r, your task is to count how many beautiful numbers exist in the range [l, r] inclusive.

What makes a number beautiful?
A positive integer is called beautiful if (product of digits) % (sum of digits) == 0

Example: The number 144 is beautiful because:
• Product of digits: 1 × 4 × 4 = 16
• Sum of digits: 1 + 4 + 4 = 9
• Since 16 % 9 ≠ 0, actually 144 is NOT beautiful

Let's try 132:
• Product: 1 × 3 × 2 = 6
• Sum: 1 + 3 + 2 = 6
• Since 6 % 6 = 0, 132 IS beautiful! ✨

Input & Output

example_1.py — Basic Range

$ Input: [1, 10]

› Output: 1

💡 Note: Only the number 1 is beautiful in this range. For 1: product=1, sum=1, and 1%1=0. All other single digits fail the test (e.g., 2: product=2, sum=2, 2%2=0 - wait, this should work too). Let me recalculate: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 all have product=digit and sum=digit, so product%sum=0. Actually should be 9.

example_2.py — Larger Range

$ Input: [10, 20]

› Output: 1

💡 Note: In the range [10,20], we need to check each number. For 12: product=1×2=2, sum=1+2=3, 2%3≠0. For 20: product=2×0=0, sum=2+0=2, 0%2=0, so 20 is beautiful. Only 20 qualifies in this range.

example_3.py — Edge Case

$ Input: [132, 132]

› Output: 1

💡 Note: Single number check: 132 has digits [1,3,2]. Product = 1×3×2 = 6, Sum = 1+3+2 = 6. Since 6%6 = 0, 132 is beautiful. The range contains exactly one beautiful number.

Constraints

1 ≤ l ≤ r ≤ 10⁹
The range [l, r] can contain up to 10⁹ numbers
Important: Numbers containing digit 0 have product = 0, which is divisible by any positive sum

Visualization

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Understanding the Visualization

Extract the Notes

Break each number into its digit components, like separating musical notes from a chord

Calculate Multiplication Rhythm

Multiply all digits together to get the rhythmic beat

Calculate Addition Melody

Add all digits to create the melodic tone

Test Harmony

Check if rhythm divides evenly into melody (product % sum == 0)

Count the Beautiful

Numbers where rhythm and melody harmonize perfectly are beautiful

Key Takeaway

🎯 Key Insight: Beautiful numbers exhibit mathematical harmony where digit products and sums create perfect divisibility relationships, like musical notes forming harmonious chords.

Asked in

G Google 45 ⊞ Microsoft 32 a Amazon 28 f Meta 18

The optimal solution uses Digit Dynamic Programming to count beautiful numbers efficiently. Instead of checking each number individually (which would be O(r-l)), we build numbers digit by digit while tracking their mathematical properties. The key insight is to maintain the sum and product modulo LCM of all possible sums, allowing us to determine beauty without generating actual numbers. This reduces time complexity to O(log(r) × 162 × LCM) which is much faster for large ranges.

Common Approaches

Approach	Time	Space	Notes
✓ Brute Force (Check Each Number)	O((r-l) × d)	O(1)	Check every number in range [l,r] individually for beauty
Digit Dynamic Programming (Optimal)	O(log(r) × S × P)	O(log(r) × S × P)	Use digit DP to count beautiful numbers without generating each one

Brute Force (Check Each Number) — Algorithm Steps

Iterate through each number from l to r
For each number, extract all digits
Calculate product of all digits
Calculate sum of all digits
Check if product % sum == 0
Count and return beautiful numbers

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Step-by-Step Walkthrough

Start from l

Begin checking from the lower bound

Extract digits

Break each number into individual digits

Calculate product and sum

Compute both mathematical operations

Test divisibility

Check if product % sum == 0

Move to next

Continue until reaching r

Code -

solution.c — C

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int isBeautiful(int num) {
    char s[20];
    sprintf(s, "%d", num);
    int product = 1;
    int sum = 0;
    int len = strlen(s);
    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
        int digit = s[i] - '0';
        product *= digit;
        sum += digit;
    }
    return sum != 0 && product % sum == 0;
}

int countBeautifulNumbers(int l, int r) {
    int count = 0;
    for (int num = l; num <= r; num++) {
        if (isBeautiful(num)) {
            count++;
        }
    }
    return count;
}

int main() {
    int l, r;
    scanf("[%d, %d]", &l, &r);
    printf("%d\n", countBeautifulNumbers(l, r));
    return 0;
}

Time & Space Complexity

Time Complexity

⏱️

O((r-l) × d)

Where d is average number of digits. We check each number in range and process its digits

✓ Linear Growth

Space Complexity

O(1)

Only using constant extra space for calculations

✓ Linear Space

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