The number of 5 digit numbers all digits of which are odd is ________.
Hint 1: List the odd digits: 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. There are 5 available digits.
Hint 2: For each of the five positions in the 5-digit number, determine the number of possible choices (which is 5 for each).
Hint 3: Multiply the choices: .
Step 1 (Identify Candidate Digits): The odd digits are:
There are exactly 5 odd digits.
Step 2 (Apply Choices per Digit Place): We want to construct a 5-digit number where all digits are odd. Let the number be represented by five slots :
(ten-thousands place): must be odd (5 choices: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9). Note that since odd digits do not include 0, there is no restriction about starting digit being non-zero.
(thousands place): 5 choices
(hundreds place): 5 choices
(tens place): 5 choices
(units place): 5 choices
Step 3 (Calculate Total Product): Using the product rule of counting:
Step 4 (Conclusion): There are exactly 3125 such 5-digit numbers.
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