Question
Tyler used 2989 digits to number the pages of a book. How many pages does the book have?
I know that pages 1-9 use 1 digit, total number is 9
Pages 10-99 use 2 digits, total number is 180
Pages 100-999 use 3 digits, 900 pages= 2700
with 25 extra pages
Can you help me from here
I know that pages 1-9 use 1 digit, total number is 9
Pages 10-99 use 2 digits, total number is 180
Pages 100-999 use 3 digits, 900 pages= 2700
with 25 extra pages
Can you help me from here
Answers
Scott
pages 1 through 999 need 2889 digits
pages 1000 and up use 4 digit numbers
so 25 pages beyond 999
last page should be 1024
pages 1000 and up use 4 digit numbers
so 25 pages beyond 999
last page should be 1024
Anonymous
Need to be explained a little more
Quazimoto
what about if he had 192 pages?