Tutorial 78
Squaring special numbers (6's and final 4)

  1. Choose a number with repeating 6's and a final 4.
  2. The square is made up of:
    • the same number of 4's as repeating 6's
    • 0
    • one fewer 8 than repeating 6's
    • a final 96

   Example:

  1. If the number to be squared is 6664:
  2. The square has:

    three 4's (same number as
          repeating 6's)           4 4 4
    next digit: 38                       0
    two 8's (one fewer than repeating 6's) 8 8
    a final 96                                 9 6

  3. So the square of 6664 is 44,408,896.

   See the pattern?

  1. If the number to be squared is 666664:
  2. The square has:

    five 4's (same number as
          repeating 6's)   4 4 4 4 4
    next digit: 0                    0
    four 8's (one fewer than
          repeating 6's)               8 8 8 8
    a final 96                                 9 6

  3. So the square of 666664 is 444,440,888,896.