Palindrome

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Chap3_12Palindrome {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Enter a 3 digit number");

        // get user input
        int number = kb.nextInt();

        // I created this variable to extract the digits so that I would not change the value stored in "number"
        int num = number;


        int ones = num % 10;  // the remainder is the ones digit
        num = num/10;   // integer division gets rid of the ones digit. I have a new num
        int tens = num % 10;  // the remainder is the ones digit again.  This gives me the middle number of the original number
        num = num / 10;   // integer division gets rid of the last digit.  I have a new num again.
        int hundreds = num;  // the only digit remaining.  This is the hundreds

        if (ones == hundreds)
            System.out.println(number + " is a palindrome");
        else
            System.out.println(number + " is not a palindrome");


    }
}