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Toby picks a 4-digit number. It is larger than 3999 and it is a multiple of 2. How many different numbers could he have picked?

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Explanation:

Let’s reduce this question into easier terminology.

The number is a multiple of 2, meaning it is an even number. It is larger than 2,999 and less than 10,000 (since it is a 4 digit number).

Thus, Toby could have picked any even number from 3000 to 9,999. So this question is asking how many even numbers (multiples of 2) are between 3000 and 9,999.

For every thousand, there are 1000/2 = 500 multiples of 2:

500 multiples between 3,000 and 3,999

500 multiples between 4,000 and 4,999

and so on until 9,999. So there are

7*500 = 3500 multiples of 2 in this range.

Toby could have picked 3500 possible numbers.

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