2022 AMC 10B Problem 3

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3.

How many three-digit positive integers have an odd number of even digits?
150 150
250 250
350 350
450 450
550 550
Answer: D
Concepts:digitsparitymultiplication principle
Small hint:
A three-digit number cannot start with 00
Big hint:
Count by the number of even digit positions
Solution:
There are 9⋅10=909\cdot10=90 choices for the hundreds and tens digits. Once those two digits are fixed, the units digit must have whichever parity makes the total number of even digits odd. There are always 55 digits of the required parity (including 00 among the even digits).
Therefore, the number of integers is 90⋅5=450.90\cdot5=450.
Thus, the answer is D .
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