Squaring numbers made up of 3's
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- Choose a a number made up of threes.
- The square is made up of:
- one fewer 1 than there are repeating 3's
- zero
- one fewer 8 than there are repeating 3's
(same as the 1's in the square)
- nine.
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Example:
- If the number to be squared is 3333:
- The square of the number has:
three 1's (one fewer than
digits in number) 1
1 1 _ _ _ _ _
next digit is 0 _
_ _ 0 _ _ _ _
three 8's (same number as 1's) _ _ _ _ 8 8 8 _
a final 9 _
_ _ _ _ _ _ 9
- So 3333 × 3333 = 11108889.
See the pattern?
- If the number to be squared is 333:
- The square of the number has:
two 1's 1
1 _ _ _ _ _
next digit is 0 _
_ _ 0 _ _ _
two 8's _
_ _ _ 8 8 _
a final 9 _
_ _ _ _ _ 9
- So 333 × 333 = 110889.
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