Tutorial 109 |
Squaring special numbers (7 and repeating 9's)
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- Choose a number with a 7 and repeating 9's (use a mimimum of three 9's).
- The square is made up of:
- first digits: 63 & two fewer 9's than repeating 9's in the number
- next digits: 84 & one fewer 0 than repeating 9's in the number
- last digit: 1
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Example:
- If the number to be squared is 7999:
- The square has:
first digits: 63 and two fewer
9's than rep. 9's 6 3 9
next digits: 84 and one fewer
0 than rep. 9's
8 4 0 0
last digit: 1 1
- So 7999 × 7999 = 63,984,001.
See the pattern?
- If the number to be squared is 799999:
- The square has:
first digits: 63 and two fewer
9's than rep. 9's 6 3 9 9 9
next digits: 84 and one fewer
0 than rep. 9's 8 4 0 0 0 0
last digit: 1 1
- So 799999 × 799999 = 639,998,400,001.
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