I am a three-digit number. My hundreds digit is 4. My units digit is double my hundreds digit. My tens digit is the difference between my units digit and my hundreds digit. What number am I?
448
Hundreds digit = 4. Units digit = 4 x 2 = 8. Tens digit = 8 - 4 = 4. Putting them together yields 448.
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