Published 19:05 IST, April 23rd 2020

Tom was hired to paint 1-100 | Here's the answer to the riddle with a logical explanation

Tom was hired to paint 1-100 riddle is doing the rounds on internet for quite some time now. Read more to know Tom was hired to paint answer.

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Tom was hired to paint 1-100 riddle is being shared over WhatsApp and social media for quite some time w. riddle is going viral during current lockdown as such riddles are an important source of entertainment for many during this time.

A lot of people are trying to solve riddle and y are wondering wher ir answer is correct or t. To all people who are wondering about Tom was hired to paint 1-100 riddle answer, here is everything you need to kw about it.

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Tom was hired to paint 1-100 full riddle

Tom was hired to paint riddle goes as, "In a new hotel containing 100 rooms, Tom was hired to paint numbers from 1-100 on doors. How many times will Tom have to paint number 8?"

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In Tom was hired to paint 1-100 riddle, one is supposed to find out how many 8’s are re from 1 to 100. refore to get Tom was hired to paint answer, one should count number of 8’s from numbers 1 to 100. Before going down to kw Tom was hired to paint answer, see if you can count 8’s in 1 to 100.

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Tom was hired to paint riddle answer

Tom was hired to paint answer is 20.

Here is logical explanation of Tom was hired to paint 1-100 riddle

To get correct answer, one needs to single out all numbers from 1 to 100 which contain number 8. So total number of 8’s between 1 to 100 are as follows: 8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58, 68, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 98.

re are only 19 numbers in total which have number 8. However, in 88 re are two eights. refore answer becomes 20 and t 19.

19:05 IST, April 23rd 2020