Thanks Candidate, or more simply For 300 to 399 = 100 numbers For other x00 to x99 = 19 numbers each = 19 x 9 = 171 numbers Total of 271 numbers

1000 does not contain a 3. So, count the number of 3 digit numbers without a three. There are 9 choices for the first entry, 9 for the second, and 9 for the third. So, there are 729 numbers without a 3, and 1000-729 = 271 with a 3.

I have a much simpler and faster method: let A be the cardinality of numbers between 1 and 1000 that contain a 3 and let A' be the cardinality of numbers between 1 and 1000 that do not contain a 3. There are 3 digits that can take the form of (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9), so 10 possibilities.. To obtain A' cardinality we have 9 possibilities because 3 is excluded so A' = 9^3 = 729. Hence, the amount of numbers that don't have a 3 from 1 to 1000 is 729 so to obtain the amount that does contain at least one 3 is : 1000 - 729 = 271

3xx 100 a3x a is not 3 here to reduce duplication, 10*9 ab3 a , b are neither not 3 , 9*9 =271

You can use this formula to work it out for any power of 10: Tn+1=9Tn+10^n. Tn being the number of threes in the numbers between 1 and the previous power of 10. Tn+1 is simply saying the number of threes in the next power (the one you are working out). The 10^n is the power of 10 that you add on. This is the previous power of ten. You must start off knowing that there is one 3 between 1 and 10 For 100: Tn+1=9*1+10^1=19 For 1000: Tn+1=9*19+10^2=271 For 10 000: Tn+1=9*271+10^3=3439

1000-1-9^3+1 = 271

It is an infinite number 3.1, 3.11, 3.111, 3.11111

lol im in 7th grade and this question is easy to me. first you count the numbers which DON't have a three. there are 9 choices for the first digit, 9 for the second digit, and 9 for the third. You probably noticed that this counts 0 to 999 instead of 1 to 1000 but its okay because, we count the same amount of numbers. 9^3=729 -1000=|271| (i like using absolute value cause it makes me look cool, its just a way to show "difference" in math)

300 numbers contain a 3, but you counted numbers of the form x33, 3x3, and 33x *twice* so you must subtract them 300-30=270, but you subtracted 333 once too many, so add it back 300-30+1=271. Answer is 271.

271 does not seem right . I think it is 111. Aren't there just 11 numbers containing 3 between 0 an 100, like 3,13,23 30,33 etc. So between 0 and 1000 there are 111; after adding in for 300.