Stage: 3 Challenge Level: 
How many positive integers less than or equal to 4000 can be written down without using the digits 7, 8 or 9?
Combinatorics. Place value. Number bases. Combinations. Reading and writing numbers. Factors and multiples. Integers. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Properties of numbers. Counting.
Published April 1999.
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