Tutorial 105
Squaring special numbers (6 and repeating 3's)

  1. Choose a number with a 6 and repeating 3's.
  2. The square is made up of:
    • first digits: 40 & two fewer 1's than repeating 3's
    • next digits: 06 & one fewer 8 than repeating 3's
    • last digit: 9

   Example:

  1. If the number to be squared is 6333:
  2. The square has:

    first digits: 40 and two fewer
        1's than 3's                 4 0 1
    next digits: 06 and one fewer
        8 than 3's                        0 6 8 8
    last digit: 9                                 9

  3. So 6333 × 6333 = 40,106,889.

   See the pattern?

  1. If the number to be squared is 633333:
  2. The square has:

    first digits: 40 and two fewer
       1's than 3's             4 0 1 1 1
    next digits: 06 and one fewer
       8 than 3's                        0 6 8 8 8 8
    last digit: 9                                    9

  3. So 633333 × 633333 = 401,110,688,889.