I am a three-digit number. My hundreds digit is 4 more than my units digit. My tens digit is zero. If the sum of my digits is 10, what number am I?
703
Hundreds digit is 7, tens is 0, units is 3. 7 is 4 more than 3, tens is 0, and 7 + 0 + 3 = 10.
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