SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION

If we number six cards `1, 2, 4, 5, 7`, and `8`, and arrange them on the table in this order:—

`1\ \ \ 4\ \ \ 2\ \ \ 8\ \ \ 5\ \ \ 7`

We can demonstrate that in order to multiply by `3` all that is necessary is to remove the `1` to the other end of the row, and the thing is done. The answer is `428571`. Can you find a number that, when multiplied by `3` and divided by `2`, the answer will be the same as if we removed the first card (which in this case is to be a `3`) From the beginning of the row to the end?