A three-digit number is odd if and only if its third digit is odd. Since the third digit is the most restrictive digit, we must pick it first -- as any one of these three odd digits {1, 3, 5} So there are 3 ways to pick the third digit. For each of those 3 ways to pick the third digit, there remain 5 ways to pick the first digit. So that's 3×5 ways to pick the third and first digits. Now for each of those 3×5 ways to pick the third amd first digit, There remain 4 ways to pick the only remaining digit, the middle or second one. So that's 3×5×4 ways to pick all three digits. Answer: 3×5×4 = 60 ways. Edwin