Each of the four digits of the integer 2024 is even. How many integers between 1000 and 9999, inclusive, have the property that all four of their digits are even?
Solution
The integers between 1000 and 9999, inclusive, are all four-digit positive integers of the form . We want each of , and to be even. There are 4 choices for , namely . ( cannot equal 0.) There are 5 choices for each of and , namely . The choice of each digit is independent, and so the total number of such integers is or 500.
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