Question: The citizens of planet nigiet are 8 fingered and have thus developed
their decimal system in base 8. A certain street in nigiet contains 1000
(in base 8) buildings numbered 1 to 1000. How many 3s are used in
numbering these buildings?
Options:
Solution.: 256
Options:
a)192
b)64
c)54
d)256
Solution.: 256
In base 8 digits 0-7 exist and 1000 can be represented as 1750 in base 8.
So it needs 256 no.of 3's to number from 0 to 1750 when calculated