1-digit natural numbers: There are of course 5 1-digit numbers: 3 4 5 6 7 2-digit natural numbers: We can choose the first digit any of 5 ways. We can choose the second digit any of the 4 remaining ways, That's 5·4 or 20 ways They are 34 35 36 37 43 45 46 47 53 54 56 57 63 64 65 67 73 74 75 76 Three digit numbers: We can choose the first digit any of 3 ways, (3,4, or 5} We can choose the second digit any of the 4 remaining ways, We can choose the third digit any of the 3 remaining ways. That's 3·4·3 = 36 ways. Here they are: 345 346 347 354 356 357 364 365 367 374 375 376 435 436 437 453 456 457 463 465 467 473 475 476 534 536 537 543 546 547 563 564 567 573 574 576 Total: 5+20+36 = 61 ways Edwin