From the 999999 positive integers less than 1 million, we must subtract: the number of non-negative integers that consist only of the 9 digits 0,1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9: To find the number to subtract we will do it as if we could include 0, and then subtract 1 If we include 0, we can consider these all to be the 6-digit numbers: 000000, 000001, 000003, 000004, ..., 999999. There are 9 ways to choose the first digit, 9 ways to choose the second digit, etc., and 9 ways to choose the sixth digit. That's 96 = 531441, including 0, and 531440, not including 0. Answer: 999999-531440 = 468559 Edwin