Numbers in a Row

If we write the positive integers in a row (see it below) what number be the 1.000.000 digit in the sequence?

12345678910111213141516... 12345678910111213141516...


The answer is 1.

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2 solutions

Nguyen Thanh Long
Jul 23, 2014

999999 = 9 + ( 1 0 2 10 ) × 2 + ( 1 0 3 1 0 2 ) × 3 + ( 1 0 4 1 0 3 ) × 4 + ( 1 0 5 1 0 4 ) × 5 + ( 1.85185 × 1 0 5 1 0 5 ) × 6 999999=9+(10^2-10)\times2+(10^3-10^2)\times3+(10^4-10^3)\times4+(10^5-10^4)\times5+(1.85185\times10^5-10^5)\times6 with 185185 is the last number, so 1 \boxed{1} is 100000 0 t h 1000000^{th} of this sequence.

I understand everything up to the last part. Where does the 1.85185 come from and what does it stand for

Trevor Arashiro - 6 years, 10 months ago

I don't understand...

XiaoLin Chiam - 6 years, 10 months ago
Tanay Patri
Aug 28, 2014

Break this up into numbers by digit

There are 9 numbers with 1 digit. (1-9) -> 9 total digits

There are 90 numbers with 2 digits (10-99) -> 189 total digits

There are 900 numbers with 3 digits (100-999) -> 2889 total digits

There are 9000 numbers with 4 digits (1000-9999) -> 38889 total digits

There are 90000 numbers with 5 digits (10000-99999) -> 488889 total digits

Now we have to work with 6 digit numbers. There are 511111 digits remaining for us to use. Divide this by 6 to see how many numbers we have left to look at (85185) and then the first digit of the next number.

99999 (last number we accounted for) + 85185 = 185184

We need to look at the first digit of the next number (185185), giving us the answer 1.

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