3003 3003 The number 3003 is a palindrome because its digits are the same forward or backward.  The number 1 is also a palindrome.  How many whole numbers between 1 and 3003 are palindromes?
April 18, 2005
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	Radu Casian Ionescu. Montreal, Quebec, Canada Adrian Atanasiu. Bucharest University, Romania Jerrold Greenberg.  New York, NY Brian Hetrick. UNH, Manchester NH Aristides Kyriakakis.  Thessaloniki,  Greece Norman Peng. Lowell High School, San Francisco, CA Tim Yales Paul McNally. Carusi middle school, Cherry Hill, NJ Hannah Sowalski. Hebrew Academy, Bloomfield, CT Mark Wintczak. Naperville, IL Khanh Luu. Mountain View Academy, Mountain View, CA Ms. Rothemel. Rye Junior High School, Rye, NH Eileen Zhu. Kearny, NJ Renita Tinsley. Westwood College, Dallas, TX Sarah Chen. Marie Curie Middle School, Bayside, NY Josh Rasera. Southridge School, Surrey, BC, Canada Aquil Virani. Southridge Senior School, Surrey, BC, Canada Lusha Zhou. RHS, Rmd, BC, CA Diane Kristiansen. Westwood College, Dallas, Texas Roland Vyncke. Brugge, Belgium Gabby Cote. Rye Junior High, NH Patrick McHenry. Math Facilitator, Gloucester City Schools, Gloucester, MA Mike Osterfoss. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO Mitchell Donald. Southridge School, Surrey, BC, Canada Cheyenne Pettit. Harmon Middle School, Aurora, Oh Andrew Economou. Carusi Middle School, Cherry Hill, NJ Nick Economou. Carusi Middle School, Cherry Hill, NJ Charles Green. Miami Lakes Educational Center, Miami Lakes, FL Phillip Ai. Warnsdorfer Elementary School, East Brunswick, NJ Patrick Ream. Carusi, Cherry Hill, NJ Frank McGartland. Saskatoon, SK., Canada Sean Powell. Powell HomeSchool, Dutton, VA Alexis Powell. Powell HomeSchool, Dutton, VA Alex McIntire. Brookstone School, Columbus, GA Luan Luu. CSU Long Beach, Garden Grove, CA Emily Brown. Rye Jr. High, Rye, NH. Kelsey Martin Southridge school, Surrey, BC, Canada Vlaicu CRISAN. University Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Michael Belmonte. Carusi, Cherry Hill, NJ Andrea Oliver. Harmon School Sahit Bollineni. Highmeadow Common Campus, Farmington Hills, MI Chelsea Smith. Westwood College Tim Poe. Austin, TX Molly Simkins. Brookstone School, Columbus, GA Asheesh Saincher. Southridge School, Surrey, Canada Shaq O'Neal. Wilson High School, California Emily Lewandowski. Fern Hill Elementary School, West Chester, PA  Haley Lewandowski. Fern Hill Elementary School, West Chester, PA Jon Weiner. South Pasadena Middle School, South Pasadena, CA Kim Summers. Creekwood Middle School, Kingwood, TX Kyle Priver. South Pasadena Middle School , South Pasadena, CA Nikita Kitaev. South Pasadena Middle School, South Pasadena, CA Farhana Dossa. Southridge School, Surrey, BC, Canada Alex Friedman. Sippican school, Marion, MA Austin Robischon. Sauk Centre HS, Sauk Centre, MN Gustavo Niemeyer. Conectiva, Brasil Thomas Woodward. Brookstone School, Columbus, GA James Macey. Sauk Centre HS, Sauk Centre, MN Kristin Cokins. Burnet Elem, Galveston, TX Angelica Alcocer. Burnet Elem,  Galveston, TX Rohit Bollineni. Power Middle School, Farmington Hills, MI Justin Rowsell. St. John's, NL, Canada Jesse Westbrock. Sauk Centre HS, Sauk Centre, MN Joe Najuch. Newfane High School, Newfane, NY Sahana Vasudevan. Country Parkway Elementary  School, Williamsville, NY Amanda Duncan. Harmon Middle School, Aurora, OH Rebekah Blakkolb. Harmon Middle School, Aurora, OH Alaina Hoover. Harmon Middle School, Aurora, OH Shelby Mcelroy. Harmon Middle School, Aurora, OH Gustavo Niemeyer. Conectiva, Brasil Emma Cummins. Harmon Middle School, Aurora, OH Bekezhan Nurkhaidarov. Riechcle Elementary School, Dillon, MT Brian Napier. Ivan Pyzow. South Pasadena Middle School, South Pasadena, CA Byrel Mitchell. Mitchell Family Home School, New Paris, IN Jake Ticer. Harmon, Aurora, OH Joseph Bao. Boulan Park Middle School, Troy, MI Liam Burkett. Chicago, IL Michael Udozorh. Mcdonald Middle School, Mesquite, TX
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