Question

The no: of times the digit 3 will be written when listing the integers from 1 t o1000 is :

Answer 1

why do you want to know?

Answer 2

lols its a qn that came in my test

Answer 3

It's 300.

Answer 4

wt!!!how u said easily?

Answer 5

so fast??

Answer 6

@FoolForMath

Answer 7

I am genius :P

Answer 8

hey tell me lemme also get a part of ur jeniousy :P i am also an indian

Answer 9

X X 3 --> 10 * 10 = 100
X 3 X --> 10 * 10 = 100
3 X X --> 10 * 10 = 100

Total 300.

Can you find the number of Zeroes? and no it's not 300.

Answer 10

its 200 !!

Answer 11

I don't think it's 200.

Answer 12

lemme try again

Answer 13

That zero thing gave me incubus :P I slept over it whole night and in morning I can somehow see a solution.

Answer 14

oh i thoght i was dumb when i didnt get it

Answer 15

lemme think ovr it @FoolForMath

Answer 16

0->1
1->1
..
9->1
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20 times written from 0 to 100

for 100 to 20 i guess same
100

up to 1000
20 times

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that would make 200

and between 300 to 399: another hundred times
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that would make 300 exactly as ffm said.

Answer 17

Nobody is dumb here :)

Answer 18

thx for the complement do make me think in my future qns like what u did now i aspire for IIT

Answer 19

but somebody is pretty experienced here ... a lot :)

Answer 20

AND THATS ffm

Answer 21

yup

Answer 22

@experimentX himself is very good!

Answer 23

thnk u evryone

Answer 24

@experimentX Btw can you count the number of zeroes? ;)

Answer 25

nowhere near ffm ... but chasing ffm

Answer 26

lol

Answer 27

are u a math teacher by profession ffm?

Answer 28

Yeah I am and very old, I have long beards all grey

Answer 29

:P i am vry proud u as u r frm india :P

Answer 30

i will post a new qn help me there also guys

Answer 31

Thanks but I am 22 and just another student :)

Answer 32

wow

Answer 33

i bet ur in iit