Internet Math Challenge

Deadline for solutions: Friday, 3 October 2003

A Long Line of Numbers . . .
Suppose I start writing the numbers from 1 on up one after another, as follows:

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334...

If I had an infinite amount of time and patience (I in fact have neither!) I could keep this string of digits going forever.

There are two parts to this week's puzzle:

  1. What is the two-millionth digit in this string of numbers?
  2. What six-digit number am I writing when I write the two-millionth digit?
Good luck!


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