A book has 300 pages. How many times is the digit '3' printed when numbering all the pages?
60
Count '3' in units place (30 times: 3, 13... 293), tens place (30 times: 30-39, 130-139, 230-239), and hundreds place (0 times, as max is 300). 30 + 30 = 60.
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