---
id: 5900f3a91000cf542c50febc
title: 'Problem 61: Cyclical figurate numbers'
challengeType: 5
forumTopicId: 302173
dashedName: problem-61-cyclical-figurate-numbers
---
# --description--
Triangle, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal, and octagonal numbers are all figurate (polygonal) numbers and are generated by the following formulae:
| Type of Number | Formula | Sequence |
| -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- |
| Triangle | P3,n=n(n+1)/2 | 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ... |
| Square | P4,n=n2 | 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ... |
| Pentagonal | P5,n=n(3n−1)/2 | 1, 5, 12, 22, 35, ... |
| Hexagonal | P6,n=n(2n−1) | 1, 6, 15, 28, 45, ... |
| Heptagonal | P7,n=n(5n−3)/2 | 1, 7, 18, 34, 55, ... |
| Octagonal | P8,n=n(3n−2) | 1, 8, 21, 40, 65, ... |
The ordered set of three 4-digit numbers: 8128, 2882, 8281, has three interesting properties.
- The set is cyclic, in that the last two digits of each number is the first two digits of the next number (including the last number with the first).
- Each polygonal type: triangle (P3,127 = 8128), square (P4,91 = 8281), and pentagonal (P5,44 = 2882), is represented by a different number in the set.
- This is the only set of 4-digit numbers with this property.
Find the sum of the only ordered set of six cyclic 4-digit numbers for which each polygonal type: triangle, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal, and octagonal, is represented by a different number in the set.
# --hints--
`cyclicalFigurateNums()` should return a number.
```js
assert(typeof cyclicalFigurateNums() === 'number');
```
`cyclicalFigurateNums()` should return 28684.
```js
assert.strictEqual(cyclicalFigurateNums(), 28684);
```
# --seed--
## --seed-contents--
```js
function cyclicalFigurateNums() {
return true;
}
cyclicalFigurateNums();
```
# --solutions--
```js
// solution required
```