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Difficulty: 2/102022 NMTC 2022 (QII-32)

The number of 5 digit numbers all digits of which are odd is ________.

Guide / Hint

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: .

Solution

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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