How many pages are there in the book?

Question

Damien is reading a novel, he calculated that in total the novel used 1431 digits altogether to number the pages of the book.

How many pages are there in the book?

 

a. 106

b. 112

c. 119

d. 126

Answer 1

pages 1 - 9            9 digits

pages 10 - 99        200 digits               now at 209 digits

pages 100 - 199    300 digits               now at 509 digits

pages 200 - 299    300 digits               now at 809 digits

 

299 pages (more than any choice given) has only 809 digits, less than the 1431 given.