Turn the Page A novel has 527 pages (pages 1 – 527).  How many digits will it take to number all 527 pages from 1 to 527?
April 4, 2005
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	Hendrik Jan van Eijsden. Capelle aan den IJssel, The Netherlands Justin Rowsell. St. John's, NL, Canada Jerrold Greenberg. New York, NY Tara Meyer. Sauk Centre High School, Sauk Centre, MN Isaac Schrieber. Sauk Centre High School, Sauk Centre, MN Jesse Westbrock. Sauk Centre High School, Sauk Centre, MN Dennis Muniz. Commack, NY Norman Peng. Lowell High School, San Francisco, CA Courtney Ellyson. South Shelby High School, Shelbina, MO Michael Tavilla. Lawrence Junior High, Falmouth, MA DJ Hudson. Dartmouth Middle School, Dartmouth, Ma Cody White. Dartmouth Middle School, Dartmouth, MA Luan Luu. CSU Long Beach, Long Beach, CA Timothy Yales. Westland, Michigan Brittney Enos. Lawrence Junior High, Falmouth, MA Goulas Dimitris. NBG, Larissa, Greece Gustavo Niemeyer. Conectiva, Brasil Marion Blalock. Creekwood Middle School, Kingwood, Texas Bob Mitchell. Normal, IL Phillip Ai. Warnsdorfer Elementary School, East Brunswick, NJ Adrian Atanasiu. Bucharest University, Romania Tim Poe. Austin, TX Allamanis Miltiadis. Anatolia High School, Thessaloniki, Greece Mike Osterfoss. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO Radu Casian Ionescu. Montreal, Quebec, Canada Gretchen Turner's 3rd grade class. Memorial Elementary, Arcadia, FL Frank McGartland, Saskatoon, SK., Canada Brian Hetrick. UNH, Manchester, NH Aristides Kyriakakis.  Thessaloniki,  Greece Eugene Roytman, New York, NY Paul McNally, Carusi Middle School, Cherry Hill, NJ James Endicott. Good Counsel High School. Wheaton, MD. Kirill Korsak, Haper Park Middle School, Leesburg, VA Daniel Gray. Gray Homeschool, Brick, NJ Nikita Kitaev. South Pasadena Middle School, South Pasadena, CA Tony Trongone, Gloucester City Schools, Gloucester, NJ Kim Summers, Creekwood Middle School, Kingwood, TX Evan Durant. Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Aquil Virani. Southridge Senior School, Surrey, BC, Canada Tony Brown. Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA Lana Ho. South Pasadena Middle School, CA Jonathan Lee. South Pasadena Middle School, South Pasadena,  CA Jayd Diggins. South Shelby High School, Shelbina, MO Kelsey Martin . Southridge School, Surrey, BC, Canada Karrie Ly. Key School. Ca David Yelle. Federal Way, WA Farhana Dossa. Southridge School, Surrey, B.C., Canada Goulas Dimitris. NBG, Larissa, Greece Roland Vyncke. Brugge, Belgium Omer Parlu. Yuzyil Isil Primary S, Istanbul, Turkey Vlaicu Crisan.University Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Patrick Mc Henry. Math Facilitator, Gloucester City Schools Jason Tripp. Westside High School, Macon, GA James Macey. Sauk Centre HS, Sauk Centre, MN Zach Weller. Sauk Centre HS, Sauk Centre, MN Shanna Schmiesing. Sauk Centre HS, Sauk Centre, MN Austin Robischon. Sauk Centre HS, Sauk Centre, MN Amy Shoemyer. South Shelby High School, Shelbina, MO Rodney Clingaman. Fishers, IN Jason Baptista. Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Kara Berndt. Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Danny Trifone. Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Lindsey Camara. Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Mark Wintczak. Naperville, IL Klemen Kovacic. OSZO, Kocevje, Slovenia Daniel Noar. Carusi Middle School, Cherry Hill, NJ Cindy Sung. Duchesne Academy, Houston, TX Nathaniel Mackenzie, Undermountain Elementary, Sheffield, MA Xavier Weisenreder, The Children's School, Rochester, NY Sarah Chen. Marie Curie Middle School, Bayside, NY Carolyn Merchant, Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Katie Kramer. Nemaha Valley Junior High, Seneca, KS Sid Panjabi, Harmon Middle School, Aurora, OH Brian Chan, Summit Middle School, Coquitlam, B.C., Canada Maria Markel, Creekwood Middle School, Kingwood, TX Candice Yarborough. McNair Middle School, Lake City, SC Kyle Priver. South Pasadena Middle School, South Pasadena, CA Trent Forster. Olive Knolls Christian School, Bakersfield, CA Krishnakumar Kuppusamy. Polaris, India Ms. Rothermel. Rye Junior High School, Rye, NH Peter Gunning. Lagan College, Northern Ireland Thomas Little. South shelby high school,Shelbina,MO Josh Wilt. South Shelby High School, Shelbina, MO Jordan Bowman. South Shelby High School, Shelbina, Mo Brian Fohey. South Shelby High School, Shelbina, MO Krystal Schumann. South Shebly High School,  Shelbina, MO Lewis Siempelkamp. Southridge School, Surrey, BC, Canada Ivan Pyzow. South Pasadena Middle School, South Pasadena, CA Jing Min Liu, Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA. Sahana Vasudevan. Country Parkway Elementary School, Williamsville, NY Spencer Johnston, South Shelby High School, Clarence, MO Shannon Little. South Shelby High School. Shelbina, MO Doel Mathews. Wanaque Elementary School, Wanaque, NJ. Lindsey Gualano. Newfane High School, NY Michael Belmonte. Carusi, Cherry Hill, NJ Diane Kristiansen, Westwood College, Dallas, TX Aaron Sanchez. Creekwood Middle School, Kingwood, TX. William Chen. Harvest Park Middle School, Pleasanton, CA Zackary Lee Sender's, South Pasadena Middle School, South Pasadena, CA Cherry Shen, South Pasadena Middle School, South Pasdena, CA Refika Parlu. Ayazaga Isik Primary S, Istanbul, Turkey Michael Jun. International Christian School, Pyoungtaek, Kunggido, South Korea Nicole Ryan. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Emily Lauher, Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Michael Sylvia, Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Becky Ferreira, Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Chris Leaver, Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Juan Ortega Suárez. ITESM Campus Central de Veracruz. Mexico Cody Chinn. South Shelby High School, Shelbina, MO Kaitlin Nolte. Nemaha Valley Junior High, Seneca, KS Jon Weiner. South Pasadena Middle School, South Pasadena, CA Julie Sperfslage. NVJH, Seneca, KS Robb Milford. Paducah, Kentucky Andrew Buskirk. Parkersburg High School, Parkersburg, WV Ali Chavez. Creekwood Middle School, Kingwood, TX Jessica Rather. Rye Jr. High, Rye, NH Kalyani Subramanyan. Hong Kong Josh Rasera. Southridge School, Surrey, BC, Canada Diana Wu. Carusi Middle School, Cherry Hill, NJ Zach Merrigan. Rye Junior High, Rye, NH David Friedman. Sippican School, Marion, MA Jenny Malik. Carusi Middle School, Cherry Hill, NJ Debra Sodie. Westwood College, Dallas, TX James Winterhalter. Dartmouth High School,Dartmouth, MA Andrea Alves. Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Anthony Rivera. Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Hope LaBelle. Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Mitchell Donald. Southridge School, Surrey, BC, Canada Brittani Renzelman. South Shelby High School, Shelbina, Missouri Asheesh Saincher. Southridge Senior School, Surrey, BC, Canada Colleen Lenz. Rye Junior High, Rye, NH Kahle McDonough. Rye Junior High School, Rye, NH Emily Unger. Rye Junior High, Rye, NH Holger Dippel. Jacqueline Pendleton. Creekwood Middle School, Kingwood, TX Shebly Hagberg. Creekwood Middle School, Kingwood, TX Anders Rasmussen. Rye Junior High School, NH Cole Adams. Rye Junior High School, Rye, NH Christopher Lafleur.Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Brittny Oliveira.Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Stephanie Medeiros.Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, MA Lyska Marshall. Charlie Ekhaus. OMS, Arlington, MA Eileen Zhu. Kearny, NJ Karnvir Athwal.Southridge School, Surrey, BC Marcin Szypowski. Warsaw University, Poland John Boswell. Carusi Middle School, Cherry Hill, New Jersey Samantha Grey. Creekwood Middle School, Kingwood, TX Nathan Faber.  Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH Raphael Njuguna. Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, IL Bar Greengrass.Hod Hasharon,Lapid school,Israel Marina Tarbell. Rye Junior High School, Rye, New Hampshire Mitchell Donald. Southridge School, Surrey, BC, Canada Vyom Chhabra. N.I.T  Faridabad, Haryana, India Jordan Jones. Statesboro High School, Statesboro, GA Lusha Zhou. RHS, Rmd, BC, CA Sherif rofael. Vodafone Academy, Cairo, ,Egypt Denis Wibisono. Boston University, Boston, MA Ashok Kumar Bhardwaj. Ginny Garrison. Westside High School, Macon, GA
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