Christmas Eve

A Maths Starter of The Day


The word "Eve" is a palindrome, it reads the same forwards as backwards
Here is the beginning of the sequence of palindromic numbers
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 22, 33, 44
How many palindromic numbers are less than 100?

How many palindromic numbers are less than 1000?

How many palindromic numbers are less than 10000?

Is there a pattern?

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  • Transum,
  • Saturday, November 24, 2007
  • "Palindrome noun. a word, number or sentence reading the same backward as forward: Eg; 'Rotator', 'Madam, I'm Adam' or 'Poor Dan is in a droop'. From the Greek palindromos meaning 'running back again'."
  • Tony, Cumbernauld
  • Thursday, December 15, 2011
  • "None of the answers you had were correct! 18 is not a palindrome as it reads as 81 backwards, and the same goes for the other numbers. 101, 242, 555 are examples of palindorome numbers."
  • Emma,
  • Monday, December 19, 2011
  • "Those are the answers to the question...ie there are 9 numbers less than 10, 18 less than 100 etc."

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Here are some answers:
9, 18, 108, 198, 1098, 1998, 10998