SOLUTION: There are 256 pages in a book. How many digits are used to number the pages, starting from 1?

SOLUTION: There are 256 pages in a book. How many digits are used to number the pages, starting from 1?

Algebra.Com

Question 681791: There are 256 pages in a book. How many digits are used to number the pages, starting from 1?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 256 pages in a book. How many digits are used to number the pages, starting from 1?
-----------
1 to 9 --> 9 digits
10 to 99 = 2*90 = 180 digits
100 to 256 = 157*3 = 471 digits
660 digits

RELATED QUESTIONS
852 digits are used to number the pages of a book consecutively from page 1. How many... (answered by josmiceli,Alan3354)

To number the pages of a book, 2022 digits are used. How many pages are in the book? (answered by ikleyn)

225 digits were used to number the pages of a book.how pages are there in the... (answered by smith123)

It takes 852 digits to number the pages of a book consecutively. How many pages are... (answered by richwmiller)

In numbering the pages of a book, 375 digits were used. how many pages were... (answered by richwmiller)

Hui Juan was asked to number the pages of a book. After numbering all the pages, she... (answered by edjones)

the number of digits used to write all the pages numbers in a book is 55. how many pages... (answered by solver91311)

Tom is looking at his encyclopedia of math games. It has four unumbered cover pages and... (answered by bmauger)

How many digits are used for printing the page numbers of a book with 100... (answered by ikleyn)