DH99 wrote:
How many positive integers less than 1000 are there in which the sum of the digits equals 4?
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 13
(D) 14
(E) 15
Straightforward if you divide possible numbers up into different 'buckets':
1. Single digit numbers
2. Double digit numbers
3. Triple digit numbers
For #1: we only have 1 option, 4
For #2: we have 13/31/22/40 = 4 options
For #3: we have 112 (and its combinations = 3!/2! = 3) + combinations of 202 (=2) + combinations of 103 (= 2*2*1 = 4) + 400 = 3+2+4+1 = 10
Thus,
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