Tutorial 108
Squaring special numbers (7 and repeating 6's)

  1. Choose a number with a 7 and repeating 6's.
  2. The square is made up of:
    • first digits: 58 & two fewer 7's than repeating 6's
    • next digits: 67 & one fewer 5 than repeating 6's
    • last digit: 6

   Example:

  1. If the number to be squared is 7666:
  2. The square has:

    first digits: 58 and two fewer
        7's than 6's                5 8 7
    next digits: 67 and one fewer
        5 than 6's                        6 7 5 5
    last digit: 6                                 6

  3. So 7666 × 7666 = 58,767,556.

   See the pattern?

  1. If the number to be squared is 766666:
  2. The square has:

    first digits: 58 and two fewer
       7's than 6's           5 8 7 7 7
    next digits: 67 and one fewer
       5 than 6's                      6 7 5 5 5 5
    last digit: 6                                  6

  3. So 766666 × 766666 = 587,776,755,556.