M mel757 New member Joined Jan 10, 2008 Messages 4 Jan 11, 2008 #1 it takes 1230 numeric characters (0's to 9's) to number the pages in a book. how many pages are there in the book? would the answer be 447?? pages 1-9 = 9 characters pages 10-00 be 190 1230- 189 = 1041 1041/3= 447?
it takes 1230 numeric characters (0's to 9's) to number the pages in a book. how many pages are there in the book? would the answer be 447?? pages 1-9 = 9 characters pages 10-00 be 190 1230- 189 = 1041 1041/3= 447?
G galactus Super Moderator Staff member Joined Sep 28, 2005 Messages 7,203 Jan 11, 2008 #2 Re: question There are 9 characters form 1 to 9. There are 180 characters from 10 to 99. That leaves 1041 characters left or 347 numbers with 3 digits each. 347+180+9=536. It's a safe bet the pages are printed front and back, so 536/2=268 pages. Unless I miscounted.
Re: question There are 9 characters form 1 to 9. There are 180 characters from 10 to 99. That leaves 1041 characters left or 347 numbers with 3 digits each. 347+180+9=536. It's a safe bet the pages are printed front and back, so 536/2=268 pages. Unless I miscounted.
