Factorial sum

Find the last digit of 1 ! + 2 ! + 3 ! + + 99 ! 1! + 2! + 3! + \ldots + 99!


The answer is 3.

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5 solutions

1! + 2! +3! +4! = 33 ≡ 3 (mod 10) ......... (i).
On the other side , 5! +6! + ..... +99! ≡ 0 (mod 10) [ as, each of 5!,6!, ... , 99! is divisible by 10] ........ (ii).
Adding, (i), (ii) we get, 1!+2! +........+ 99! ≡ 3 (mod 10). Hence the last digit of 1! +2! +.... +99! is 3, Which is the answer.

Achille 'Gilles'
Oct 23, 2015

1!+2!+3!+4! = 1+2+6+24 = 33

After that, all factorial will finish with a 0 because its include the product of a 2 and 5 so the sum will always finish with a 3.

Ahmed Obaiedallah
Oct 24, 2015

you need to consider only the first 4 terms 1! , 2! , 3! , 4! after that the last digit will be 0

so

1!+2!+3!+4!=33

the Last digit is 3

Vandit Kankariya
Oct 23, 2015

We know 5! ends with 0 so all no. above 5 have their factorials ending with 0 so now we left with 1!+2!+3!+4! =1+2+6+24 =33 So the result ends with 3...

Edwin Gray
Apr 30, 2019

From 5! on, the last digit of n! is 0. So the last digit of the given sum is the last digit of 1! + 2! + 3! + 4! = 33, so the last digit of the sum is 3.

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