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How many positive integers less than 500 can be formed using [#permalink]  22 Aug 2010, 19:14
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How many positive integers less than 500 can be formed using the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 5 for the digits?

(A) 48
(B) 52
(C) 66
(D) 68
(E) 84
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Re: Number Properties Problem [#permalink]  22 Aug 2010, 19:17
A good problem, and would've been more interesting if the number of integers was less than 501.
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Re: Number Properties Problem [#permalink]  22 Aug 2010, 20:18
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How many positive integers less than 500 can be formed using the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 5 for the
digits?

(A) 48
(B) 52
(C) 66
(D) 68
(E) 84

No of three digit number that could be formed is $$3 * 4 * 4$$ (First digit cannot be 5 and hence only three choices - 1, 2, 3)

No of two digit numbers is $$4 * 4$$.

No of one digit numbers is $$4$$.

Adding them, we get 68 (D).
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Re: Number Properties Problem [#permalink]  22 Aug 2010, 20:20
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A good problem, and would've been more interesting if the number of integers was less than 501.

This would have also been the same as the original question because of the number choices - 1, 2, 3, 5.
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Re: Number Properties Problem [#permalink]  24 Aug 2010, 07:08
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seekmba wrote:
can someone please explain this in detail?

hi seek
This is a basic structure of any multiplication principle :
I will put it down ;
if an event can occur in " m " diffeent ways and if following it a second event can occur in " n "diferent ways , then two events in succession can occur in m X n ways ....

e.g in a cinema there are 3 entrance door and 2 exit doors ..then a person can have 3 * 2 = 6 possible routes ....

I have taken this explantion from the introduction of Permutation topic . If you want more help I can scan a few pages from a book which has about 10 -15 question and answers on this topic ...

similar question can be how many 3 digit odd numbers can be formed by using the digits 1 2 3 4 5 6 such that there is no repetition ....

Answer to A : 3 *5*4 =60

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Re: Number Properties Problem [#permalink]  24 Aug 2010, 08:54
qweert wrote:
A good problem, and would've been more interesting if the number of integers was less than 501.

The answer would be same: 68.
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Re: Number Properties Problem [#permalink]  30 Aug 2010, 12:33
Divyababu wrote:
if the digits are not repeated then it is 52 ways

_ 4 ways
_ _ 4*3 ways
_ _ _ (1st digit cant take 5 as it should be less than 500 so it 3 ways )3*4*3
4+12+36=52

if it is repeated than it is 68 ways

_ 4 ways

_ _ 4*4 ways =16

_ _ _ 3*4*4=48

48+16+4=68

I don't think your answer is correct when the digits are not repeated. That is , the correct answer is 34 and not 52.

Now we agree that in case of One digit numbers, it can be filled in 4 ways; and in case of two digit numbers, it can be filled in 4*3= 12 ways. But I beg to differ when it comes to three digit numbers. I say that 5 cannot be used to fill the hundreds place because there is a restriction that the number has to less than 500. How can you even allow 5 to fill the hundreds place because the question clearly says it has be less than 500, i.e till 499. Even if we change the question and ask to find the number of ways the digits 1, 2, 3 and 5 can be used to form numbers less than or equal to 500, and allow 5 to occupy the hundreds place, how will you fill up the remaining two places, i.e. the tens place and the units place because the other three digits are 1, 2 and 3 which are all greater than 0. So if you allow 5 to fill the hundreds place, it voilates the entire question. So, there are only 3*3*2 = 18 ways of filling in case of three digit numbers.

Therefore,the answer: 4+12+18 = 34.
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Re: How many positive integers less than 500 can be formed using [#permalink]  09 May 2014, 06:56
Notice that we can find the number of 2 and 3 digit numbers by just assuming the first digit can also be zero:

0 1 1
1 2 2
2 3 3
3 5 5

Number of possibilities = 4*4*4 = 64.

Then, just add up the number of 1 digits numbers = 4, so total is 64+4 = 68.

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Re: Number Properties Problem [#permalink]  09 May 2014, 23:50
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A good problem, and would've been more interesting if the number of integers was less than 501.

In this case to include 500 we need zeroes as possible digits but we do not have them, so there is no difference between <500 and <501. Is that right?
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Re: Number Properties Problem [#permalink]  10 May 2014, 04:42
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qweert wrote:
A good problem, and would've been more interesting if the number of integers was less than 501.

In this case to include 500 we need zeroes as possible digits but we do not have them, so there is no difference between <500 and <501. Is that right?

Yes, that's correct.
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Re: How many positive integers less than 500 can be formed using [#permalink]  29 Sep 2014, 03:31
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Temurkhon wrote:
qweert wrote:
A good problem, and would've been more interesting if the number of integers was less than 501.

In this case to include 500 we need zeroes as possible digits but we do not have them, so there is no difference between <500 and <501. Is that right?

Yes, that's correct.

Hi Bunuel,

I could not get the logic behind this. Can you please explain?
Is there any other easy way to solve such questions?
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Re: How many positive integers less than 500 can be formed using [#permalink]  29 Sep 2014, 04:54
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Bunuel wrote:
Temurkhon wrote:

In this case to include 500 we need zeroes as possible digits but we do not have them, so there is no difference between <500 and <501. Is that right?

Yes, that's correct.

Hi Bunuel,

I could not get the logic behind this. Can you please explain?
Is there any other easy way to solve such questions?

How many positive integers less than 500 can be formed using the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 5 for the digits?

(A) 48
(B) 52
(C) 66
(D) 68
(E) 84

Positive integers less than 500 can be:

1. A single-digit integer: 4
2. A double-digit integer: 4*4.
3. A three-digit integer: 3*4*4 (the hundreds digit cannot be 5, so we have only 3 options for it).

4 + 4*4 + 3*4*4 = 68.

Answer: D.

Check Constructing Numbers, Codes and Passwords.

Hope it helps.
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