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counting and probability intermediate
Problem
How many positive multiples of that are less than end with the digit ?
Solution
Listing the first 10 multiples of 7, which are 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, we see that the only positive multiples of 7 that end in 3 are those that are the product of 7 and a number that ends in 9. Therefore, the positive multiples of 7 that are less than 1000 and end with the digit 3 are , , , . . . Notice that we can get from each to the next by adding , so our multiples of 7 less than 1000 that end with the digit 3 are 63, 133, 203, . . ., 903, 973. The last one is 910 more than the first. Since , we see that we have taken 13 steps of 70 to get from the first number in the list to the last. Therefore, there are numbers in the list.
Final answer
14