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# GRE Math Challenge-units digit of 57^n

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GRE Math Challenge-units digit of 57^n [#permalink]  29 May 2014, 08:22
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Which of the following could be the units digit of $$57^n$$ where n is a positive integer?

Indicate all such digits.

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4
(F) 5
(G) 6
(H) 7
(I) 8
(J) 9

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B,D,H,J
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Re: GRE Math Challenge [#permalink]  07 Aug 2014, 02:41
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(D) 3
(H) 7
(J) 9
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Re: GRE Math Challenge-units digit of 57^n [#permalink]  04 Sep 2018, 19:14
As per me,we should get the answer from multiple of 7 .
In which, all of the options are answer.
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Re: GRE Math Challenge-units digit of 57^n [#permalink]  14 Oct 2018, 15:28
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Easiest to just take the units number 7 from 57 and then test exponents of this. 7^1 = 7, 7^2 = 49, 7^3 = 343, 7^4 = 2401, 7^5 =16807.

Once you get to 7^5, you notice the pattern for the units, 7...9...3...1...7. So regardless of the value of the exponent, the result for the units will be one of those 4 values.

The answers are 7, 9, 3, 1.

(You can test this by raising 57^2 and getting the answer 2349, which has the same tens and units number as 7^2. The same is for 57^3 = 185193)
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Re: GRE Math Challenge-units digit of 57^n [#permalink]  28 Oct 2018, 02:06
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As per me,we should get the answer from multiple of 7 .
In which, all of the options are answer.

Hi
power $$x^2$$ means x multiplied two times x*x
So $$57^n$$ means 57*57*57...n times

Each digit has a cyclicity when multiplied x times
So 7 has cyclicity which repeats after every 4th term
7^1=7..7^2=7*7=9....7^3=7*7*7=9*7=3...7^4=7*7*7*7=3*7=1
So cyclicity is 7,9,3,1,7....

Also it is multiple of odd, so all even are out..
5 as units digit requires 5 as a multiple but here we have 7..
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