Numbers With No Even Digits

What percentage of the first 100 100 positive integers contains no even digits?


The answer is 30.

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30 solutions

Chen S
May 20, 2014

We are looking for the percentage of the first 100 positive integers that don't contain any even digit. For a number to satisfy this condition, none of its digits can be even, therefore, all of its digits must be odd. So what we're going to do now is to find how many of the first 100 positive integers have digits that are all odd.

We know that the first 100 positive integers are 1 to 100, so these are the only numbers that we will take into consideration. However, we can automatically remove 100 from our list since it clearly has two even digits (0) and does not satisfy the condition. So we are left with 99 positive integers that are either 1 digit or 2 digit numbers.

Furthermore, we also know that there are 5 different odd digits, namely 1,3,5,7 and 9. Therefore, we have five different 1 digit numbers that satisfy the given condition.

For a 2 digit number to satisfy the given condition, both the tens and ones digits have to be odd. We have 5 possible odd numbers to fill up the tens place and another 5 possible odd numbers to fill up the ones place. Therefore, we have 5x5=25 possible 2 digit numbers that will satisfy the given condition.

Adding the number of possible 1 digit numbers and 2 digit numbers that will satisfy the given condition, we get 5+25=30, so in total, we have 30 possible numbers out of the first 100 positive integers that will satisfy the given condition. In percentage, this is 30/100 which equals 30%

Therefore, our final answer is 30%.

Common mistakes:

  1. Ignoring the number 100, which is a 3-digit number.
  2. Not explaining properly why 25 2 digit numbers have no even digits.

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 years ago

I got this incorrect because i put 30%... I guess it's redundant but I'll take it as a W.

Chris Bruehl - 1 year, 8 months ago
Ng Donn
Jan 1, 2014

There are five single-digit odd numbers (1, 3, 5, 7 and 9). First and second digit of a double-digit number can be 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 only. Therefore, 5 x 5 = 25, 25 + 5 = 30.

why the second digit of the double digit number cannot be zero?

Erick Duarte - 7 years, 5 months ago

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That's because a number having 0 in the second digit is divisible by 2 and therefore is an even number

Shweta Sharma - 7 years, 5 months ago

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But the problem asks for numbers that have no even digits, not for numbers that aren't even.

Erick Duarte - 7 years, 5 months ago

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@Erick Duarte 0 is even.

Michael Tang - 7 years, 5 months ago

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@Michael Tang Despite zero can be written in the form 2n(where n is a integer), I thought that zero was not a even number by definition.

Erick Duarte - 7 years, 5 months ago

@Michael Tang i heard 0 is neither even nor odd but u are saying 0 is even can u explain how it is possible?

ajith gade - 7 years, 4 months ago

you have interpreted the q wrong.we have been asked no.s with no even digit.thus 0,10,30,50,70,90 are also possile

Paritosh Nair - 7 years, 4 months ago

what u r thinking about the question is wrong

Marshal Pedapudi - 7 years, 3 months ago

it means that 0 is divisible by each no. it is composite no.

Manish Mayank - 7 years, 1 month ago

second digit zero is for even number

Monish Kumar - 7 years, 5 months ago

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they asked about even digit but not even number

ajith gade - 7 years, 4 months ago

I got the 25 part but wouldn't the single digit numbers be written as 01...

Devansh Sudan - 2 years, 1 month ago

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you are not including 0 when counting for double digit.

Kaushik Karthikeyan - 1 year, 10 months ago

Since the first 100 100 integers are: 1 , 2 , 3 , . . . , 100. 1, 2, 3, ... , 100.

If we check the first 9 1-digit integer five of them are contains no even digit, namely, 1 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 9. 1,3,5,7,9.

for two digit numbers, we can use fundamental principle of counting. Thus, there are five odd digit for the choice of the tens digit and five for the choice of the unit digit. Therefore we have 5 × 5 = 25 5 \times 5 = 25 choices for two digit number that contains no even digit. In addition, 100 is excluded since 0 0 is even.

Therefore we have 30 positive integers. These yields 30% of the first 100 positive integers.

100 has no even digits so it should be 31%

Sashin Chetty - 2 years ago

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So you are saying 0 is odd?

Kaushik Karthikeyan - 1 year, 10 months ago

What happen will be for odd

Pawan Kumar - 1 year, 10 months ago
David Gs
May 20, 2014

100 contains even digits. Among the integers from 1 to 9, 5 (the odd ones) contain no even digits. So we only need to take care of the two-digit numbers. The first digit is an arbitrary odd digit from 1 to 9, and the same holds for the second digit. In total there are 5 + 5 * 5 = 30 such numbers, i.e., 30% of the first 100 positive integers.

0 Is even??

Sashin Chetty - 2 years ago
Azizul Islam
Dec 31, 2013

1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,31,33,35,37,39,51,53,55,57,59,71,73,75,77,79,91,93,95,97,99=30

5 odd digits (1,3,5,7,9), so

numbers of one digit, are 5C1=5

numbers of tow digits, are 5C1x5C1=25, 5+25=30

Azizul Islam - 7 years, 5 months ago

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nice !

Devesh Rai - 7 years, 5 months ago

arghh..forgot to add 5%..

Raflee Shafeeq - 7 years, 4 months ago

why you ignored 10,30,50,70,90 even those do not contain even digit

ajith gade - 7 years, 4 months ago

i have answerwd 30 %

Omar Musa - 7 years, 4 months ago

o is even or odd?

ajith gade - 7 years, 4 months ago

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It is even

Mardokay Mosazghi - 7 years, 4 months ago

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how? can u explain

ajith gade - 7 years, 4 months ago

Why not 10 , 30 ,50 ,70,90,

Shubham Srivastava - 7 years, 4 months ago

there can also be 0,10,30,50,70,90

Paritosh Nair - 7 years, 4 months ago

nice...ya

Srijan Aare - 7 years, 3 months ago

thanks

Srijan Aare - 7 years, 3 months ago

But we write -01,03,05..........

Hariom Tiwari - 7 years, 5 months ago

0 is neither even nor odd. so the answer should be 35

Arunabh Choudhary - 7 years, 4 months ago

time taking :P

Sowmy Vivek - 7 years, 4 months ago

simple bt tym consuming

Kindheart Dipesh - 7 years, 4 months ago
John Lesteя Tan
May 20, 2014

The odd numbers from 1-10 are, 1,3,5,7, and 9.

The only possible 2 digit numbers are, 11,13,15,17,19,31,33,35,37,39,51,53,55,57,59,71,73,75,77,79,91,93,95,97, and 99

There are 25 possiblities , but we havent counted the 1 digit numbers, which are 1,3,5,7 and 9.

25 (2-digit numbers) + 5 (1-digit numbers) = 30 possible numbers

30 numbers divided by the total number of numbers from 1 to 100.

30 divided by 100 = 0.30

0.30 times 100 to find what percent of it of 100. Equals 30%

Prasun Biswas
Jan 4, 2014

There are 5 usable digits (1,3,5,7,9) to form the nos. with no even digits. Now, since there is no restriction on repetition of digits so, out of the first 100 positive integers , i.e from 1 to 100 , we have 5 × 5 = 25 5\times 5=25 such nos. that are of 2-digit. Also, we have 5 other such nos (1,3,5,7,9), so in total we have = 25 + 5 = 30 =25+5=\boxed{30} such nos.

So, the answer is = 30 =\boxed{30}

Lord Smith
May 20, 2014

single digits, 5 numbers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 double digits, 5x5 = 25 numbers

so total 30 numbers with odd digits only.

Aleksis Zalitis
May 20, 2014

There are 5 one digit numbers that have 0 even numbers There is 5/9 chance that the first number of a two digit number is odd. There is a 5/10 chance the the second number of a two digit number is odd The chance that both numbers are odd is 5/9 5/10=25/90. Since there are 90 two digit numbers, we have 25/90 90=25 two digit numbers that have 0 digit numbers. We sum the 2 digit numbers with the 1 digit numbers that satisfy the rules, and we get 25+5=30 numbers. There a total of 100 cases, so the percentage is 30/100 * 100% hence the answer is 30.

Rizky Brekele
May 20, 2014

for two digit numbers there are 5 x 5 = 25 numbers that possible and 5 numbers for one digit number (1,3,5,7,9) thus, there are 30 numbers so, the percentage is \frac{30}{100} x 100% = 30%

Ghanshyam Dhoot
Mar 1, 2014

First digit can be selected in 6 ways (1,3,5,7,9,0). Second digit can be selected in 5 ways (1,3,5,7,9). Hence 6 × 5 6\times 5 = 30 \boxed{30}

Anubhav Balodhi
Jan 23, 2014

numbers with all digits odd... 1 digit numbers are 1,3,5,7,9 = 5 and 2 digit number are {1 or 3 or 5 or 7 or 9 at both places} =5*5 = 25... So 5+25= 30 and 30/100...

Rizky Riman
Jan 1, 2014

1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 is an odd number or not even number. For the first 100 digit: 1 digit number : 5 2 digit number : 5 x 5 = 25 So, the answer is 30

Yolanda Hutchins
Dec 31, 2013

My thinking was from 1-20 theres (10 ) that have none then (5 )in each the 30s 50s 70s & 90s which is(10+20) equalling 30 which is of course 30% of 100

There are 6 possible digits for the tens digit (0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9) and 5 possible digits for the ones digit (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) 6 x 5 = 30

Rindell Mabunga - 7 years, 5 months ago
Amritapunya Mitra
Jul 13, 2019

Look at 1,3,5,7,9......1) then 11,13,15,17,19........2) then 21,23,25,27,29.........3) In 1)&2) there are 5 numbers in each of them which have no odd digit.But in case of 3),all the odd numbers from 20 have even numbers in tens place,so we count 1)&2) which implies there are ten such numbers upto now.Then we count from 30,40,50...90 and by this logic we are having 5*6=30 such numbers.

Avishek1 Jaiswal
May 21, 2018

We can divide the first 10 numbers in to two category even and odd.Even(0,2,4,8,6) and odd(1,3,5,7,9) So from this I can conclude that at least all even numbers except 0 will not be considered as all are itself a even number. So we can decrease 40 numbers from 100. 60 numbers are left and we can observe that each odd number will occur in 10th place digit Ex (10..15..19, 30..31..39,...99) So each odd number will occur 10 times in tenth place and every odd number will have 5 even number when they are at tenth position. so total number will be.. 5*5=25 number and 5 from all the odd numbers below 10 that is 1,3,5,7,9. So total number is 25+5=30.

Sriram Z
May 20, 2014

There are 5 odd numbers in between two multiples of 10. There are 50 numbers with an odd number in the tenth place and 50 numbers with an odd number in the unit's place. So there are 25 odd numbers between 10 to 100 and 5 odd numbers between 1 to 10. So totally there are 30 odd numbers.

Marshal Pedapudi
Feb 19, 2014

no . of single digit numbers which do not have even digit =5 In two digit number, tens's place canbe filled with 5 digits and one's place can also be filled with 5 digits . so no.of numbers formed are 5*5=25 so, total no.of numbers in first 100 positive integers which do not have even digit=25+5=30

Robert Fritz
Jan 25, 2014

It reminds me of a question that you would see on some sort of brain test online.. First you figure out how many numbers without an even number are in 10. That was 5. Then figure out how many numbers in the tens place were not even . The answer is also 5. Remember that before you get into the tens place you must start off in the ones place, because of this that added another 5. 5x6=30

Saquib Rahman
Jan 23, 2014

The numbers are 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 51, 53, 57, 59, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 91, 93, 95, 97 and 99. There are 30 numbers, out of 100.

Required percentage = 30 / 100 * 100% = 30%

Chetna Aggarwal
Jan 20, 2014

No. of 1 digit numbers with no even digits will be (1,3,5,7,9)= 5

No. of 2 digit numbers with no even digits will be= 5.5=25

Total= 25+5= 30

% of +ve integers contains no even digits= 30/100 *100=30%

Jagdeep Singh
Jan 13, 2014

Numbers with odd digit at units place are 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15....,97,99. Total = 50. Excluding numbers with even digit at ones place. Total = 20. Remaining numbers = 30

0 is even or odd?

ajith gade - 7 years, 4 months ago
Navjot Singh
Jan 11, 2014

no even digits....therefore....both the digits should be odd which are 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15.........and not 21,23,25.........so the answer comes out to be 30....

Israel Smith
Jan 10, 2014
  1. 1-digit numbers: 5 1 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 9 5 {1,3,5,7,9}
  2. 2-digit numbers: 25 25 (rule of product)
  3. 1-digit + 2-digit = 5 + 25 = 30 5+25 = 30
  4. P = 3 100 P = \frac{3}{100}
Iqubal Reyaz
Jan 7, 2014

Numbers contains no even digits are the numbers which do not contains 2,4,6,8,0 as its unit and tens digit's place. So, numbers which do not contains even digits are 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,31,33,35,37,39,51,53,55,57,59,71,73,75,77,79,91,93,95,97,99. So totals numbers are 30. Percentage is (30/100)*100=30

Ahsanul Habib
Jan 7, 2014

first we have 5 odd no between 1-10

then 20-30,40-50,60-70,80=90 this digits are discard bcz these are starts with even number.

only others r remains and every 10 range has 5 numbers which has only odd numbers. here we have 25 numbers

so total 30 numbers.

Krati Gupta
Jan 7, 2014

For all the 2 digit numbers among the first 100 positive integer, ab be the numbers that contain no even digits. So, b and a may take values 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. Therefore, there are (5 x 5) = 25 two-digit numbers that contain no even digits. And, among 1-digit numbers, we have 5 integers that contain no even digit that are 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. Therefore, Number of positive integers with no even digit among first 100 positive integers = (25 + 5) = 30 i.e. equal to 30% of the first 100 positive integers.

Ashutosh Mishra
Jan 5, 2014

The possible combinations that can be made are from 1,3,5,7 and 9. We keep ten's digit common and continue with one's digit one by one(eg-11,13,15,17,19 then 31,33,35,37,39 and so on). From each Ten's digit we get 5 combinations + 1,3,5,7 and 9. So, 5 x 5 = 25+5= 30

Sushant Ranade
Jan 2, 2014

Number of One-Digit Odd Numbers- 1,3,5,7,9 i.e 5 Number of 2-Digit Odd Looking Numbers(Numbers which do not contain any even digit) = 5 . 5 = 25. Total Number of Odd Looking Numbers = 5 + 25 = 30. Hence % of Numbers which do not contain any Even Digit = 30 / 100 * 100 = 30%

Naman Agrawal
Jan 1, 2014

First 100 positive integers- 1-100 No of odd numbers in each set of 10 numbers(1-10,11-20 and so on)-5 No of sets not considered- 4 (20-30,40-50,60-70,80-90) No of sets considered- 6 Answer= 5*6=30

For all the 2 digit numbers among the first 100 positive integer, ab be the numbers that contain no even digits. So, b and a may take values 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. Therefore, there are (5 x 5) = 25 two-digit numbers that contain no even digits. And, among 1-digit numbers, we have 5 integers that contain no even digit that are 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. Therefore, Number of positive integers with no even digit among first 100 positive integers = (25 + 5) = 30 i.e. equal to 30% of the first 100 positive integers.

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