Take the smallest 6-digit even number, then subtract one from it.
The smallest 5 digit odd number is: 10001 The greatest 4 digit even number is: 9998 Subtracting 9998 from 10001 gives you 3.
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10000This is an even number, and the number immediately preceding it is 9999, which has only four digits.Hence it is the smallest 5-digit even number.Note that here we're not considering negative numbers. If we consider negative numbers, then the smallest 5-digit even number would be -99998.The number immediately preceding it is -99999, which is not even, and the number immediately preceding that is -100000, which has six digits.
4579 is the smallest even number he can make
Take the smallest 6-digit even number, then subtract one from it.
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The smallest 5 digit odd number is: 10001 The greatest 4 digit even number is: 9998 Subtracting 9998 from 10001 gives you 3.
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105 - is the smallest tree-digit number that has the digit 5
99999 - 1000 = 98999
4579 is the smallest even number he can make
10000This is an even number, and the number immediately preceding it is 9999, which has only four digits.Hence it is the smallest 5-digit even number.Note that here we're not considering negative numbers. If we consider negative numbers, then the smallest 5-digit even number would be -99998.The number immediately preceding it is -99999, which is not even, and the number immediately preceding that is -100000, which has six digits.
00000 or 00001
The smallest 5 digit number you can write is 10000.
The smallest, positive 5-digit whole number is 10,000
01234 is, technically a 4-digit number. Also, 10234 is not the smallest 5 digit number. The smallest 5 digit [positive] number is 10000.