3+33+333+3333+......+333333333333 The 1st term has 1 3, the 2nd term has 2 3's, the 3rd term has 3 3's, etc The last term has 12 3's, so there are 12 terms. The last three digits will be the same as if we just added the first two terms which have no hundreds digit, and then added 333 ten times: 3 + 33 + 333 + 333 + 333 + ... + 333 where there are 10 333's 3 + 33 + 10*333 = 3366 So the hundreds digit will be 3. ------------------------------------------------------- If we did it the long way, we'd have: 3 33 333 3333 33333 333333 3333333 33333333 333333333 3333333333 33333333333 333333333333 ------------ 370370370366 Edwin