Final answer:
When writing the numbers from 1 to 30, the number 1 appears a total of 12 times, counting every instance in the tens and units places throughout the sequence.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question is asking how many times the number 1 appears when Joshua writes down the numbers from 1 to 30. To find the answer, we list the numbers and count how many times '1' appears:
- The number 1 appears once in the numbers 1, 10, and 20.
- It appears twice in the number 11.
- And once in 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19.
Adding these up, we see that the number 1 appears 12 times:
- 1 (for the number 1)
- 1 (for the number 10)
- 2 (for the number 11)
- 1 each for numbers 12 through 19 (8 times)
- 1 (for the number 20)
Thus, the correct answer is d. 12.