# Thread: Counting and Pattering G9 Help

1. ## Counting and Pattering G9 Help

The digits 1,2, ,3 ,4 can be arranged to form twenty-four different four-digit numbers. If these twenty-four numbers are then listed from the smallest to largest, in what position is 3142

2. Smaller than 3142 are all numbers starting with "1" and "2". Than, the only number starting with 3 smaller that the one given is 3124. So, all in all, you have 6+6+1 numbers on the list that are smaller than 3142. (This means that 3142 is 14th number on the list).

Anyway, I hope that You've already managed to solve it!

best regards
. . $\begin{array}{cc}(1)&1234\\(2)&1243\\(3)&1324\\(4) &1342\\(5)&1423\\(6)&1432 \end{array}$ . . . . $\begin{array}{cc}(7)&2134\\(8)&2143\\(9)&2314\\(10 )&2341\\(11)&2413\\(12)&2431\end{array}$ . . . . $\begin{array}{cc}(13)&3124\\{\color{blue}(14)}&{\c olor{blue}3142}\\(15)&3214 \\(16)&3241\\(17)&3412\\(18)&3421 \end{array}$ . . . . $\begin{array}{cc}(19)&4123\\(20)&4132\\(21)&4213\\ (22)&4231\\(23)&4312\\(24)&4321 \end{array}$