CEMC Pascal, 2005

Combinatorics Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

A positive integer whose digits are the same when read forwards or backwards is called a palindrome. For example, 4664 is a palindrome. How many integers between 2005 and 3000 are palindromes?

(A) $0$ (B) $8$ (C) $9$ (D) $10$ (E) more than $10$

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