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This blog accompanies the College Mathline television program produced by Palomar College

Here you can post a question for us or a comment about the show. You can also find information on our "real world" applications of mathematics.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Contest!

We have a new contest for you:
If you were to write the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, ... up to 100,000, how many zeros would you write? 

We received some incorrect answers during the program today (hint: the number of zeros is a lot higher than 11,000 or 11,111) so the contest is still open. If you figure it out, don't post an answer here! Be the first one to call us live next Wednesday to claim the prize. (1-888-762-1489 is the toll-free number.)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does this include the number 100000?

Anonymous said...

Yes, 1 through 100,000 inclusive!

Anonymous said...

The contest has officially been won!

The answer: 38,894