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Power Cycle

The document discusses power cycles, which describe the repeating pattern of the last digit of a number when it is raised to successive powers. It provides the example of the power cycle of 2, which repeats every 4 powers as 2, 4, 8, 6. This pattern holds for all numbers ending in 2. The document also provides a table showing the power cycles for all digits 0-9. It then provides 15 multiple choice questions testing the concept of finding last digits or units digits of large numbers using their power cycles.

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Power Cycle

The document discusses power cycles, which describe the repeating pattern of the last digit of a number when it is raised to successive powers. It provides the example of the power cycle of 2, which repeats every 4 powers as 2, 4, 8, 6. This pattern holds for all numbers ending in 2. The document also provides a table showing the power cycles for all digits 0-9. It then provides 15 multiple choice questions testing the concept of finding last digits or units digits of large numbers using their power cycles.

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Power cycle
Power cycle
 The last digit of a number of the form ab falls in a particular sequence or order
depending on the unit digit of the number “a” and the power the number is raised
to “b”. Thus, the power cycle of a number depends on its’ unit digit.

 Consider the power cycle of 2:


21=2 25=32
22=4 26=64
23=8 27 =128
24=16 28 =256

 It can be observed that the unit digit gets repeated after every 4th power of 2.
Hence, we can say that 2 has a power cycle of 2, 4, 8, 6 with frequency 4.
Power cycle
 This means that, a number of the form:
 24k+1 will have the last digit as 2
 24k+2 will have the last digit as 4
 24k+3 will have the last digit as 8
 24k+4 will have the last digit as 6 (where k=0, 1, 2, 3…)

 This is applicable not only for 2 but for all numbers ending in 2. ( e.g. 1232 ,
3452123)

 Therefore, to find the last digit of a number raised to any power, we just need to
know the power cycle of digits from 0 to 9, which is given below
Power cycle
Power cycle

Note:- You don’t need to remember the frequencies, as in every case, the frequency
of 4 is valid.
Question 1
Find the unit digit of 985.

A) 9
B) 1
C) 7
D) 5
Question 2
Find the last digit of 3278123.

A) 8
B) 4
C) 2
D) 6
Question 3
Find the unit digit of 146392.

A) 3
B) 9
C) 7
D) 1
Question 4
Find the last digit of 2643.

A) 6
B) 3
C) 2
D) 9
Question 5
Find the last digit of 623482243.

A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8
Question 6
Find the 63rd digit from the unit’s place for the given expression 632062.

A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8
Question 7
The digit in unit’s place of the product 41 × 42 × ..... × 49 is _______.

A) 2
B) 0
C) 4
D) 6
Question 8
What is the number in the unit place in (729)29?

A) 9 in the unit place.


B) 1 in the unit place.
C) 6 in the unit place.
D) 7 in the unit place.
Question 9
What is the last digit of 999990?

A) 1
B) 9
C) 3
D) 0
Question 10
Select the right set of unit’s digits for the following terms: 2524, 25852, 7719

A) 5, 6, 9
B) 5, 8, 3
C) 5, 6, 3
D) 5, 8, 7
Question 11
The unit digit of the expression 6824 * 2545 * 9321 is _____________.

A) 0
B) 5
C) 3
D) 9
Question 12
The unit digit of the given expression 4596 x 1312.

A) 5
B) 0
C) 1
D) 3
Question 13
What is the rightmost integer of the expression 65776759 + 54697467?

A) 9
B) 11
C) 13
D) 15
Question 14
The units digit of the expression 23825 x 4927 x 7529 is ______.

A) 1
B) 4
C) 5
D) 0
Question 15
Find the rightmost non-zero integer of the expression 2840125 + 2870155.

A) 6
B) 4
C) 2
D) 8
THANK YOU

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