Finding the last digit

What is the last digit when

1234 × 5678 1234 \times 5678

is multiplied out?

2 4 6 8

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25 solutions

Nihar Mahajan
Jun 1, 2015

1234 4 ( m o d 10 ) 5678 8 ( m o d 10 ) 1234 × 5678 32 2 ( m o d 10 ) 1234 \equiv 4 \pmod{10} \\ 5678 \equiv 8 \pmod{10} \\ \Rightarrow 1234 \times 5678 \equiv 32 \equiv 2 \pmod{10}

Hence , the last digit of the multiplication is 2 2 .

What do you mean by (mod 10)?

Sadaf Sajjad - 5 years, 11 months ago

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mod means to get the remainder when divided to a certain number. Thus '1234 mod 10' means to get the remainder when you divide 1234 by 10, which is 4.

Paul De Leon - 5 years, 11 months ago

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thanks man

Leonardo Fajardo - 5 years, 9 months ago

If you want to find the last digit of any number you just have to make mod(10) operation because as an example 1234 can be written as 1230 + 4 if we apply modulo operation then it will reduce to 4.I think it will work for you.

Dhairya Rupala - 10 months, 3 weeks ago

I solved this the same way as Nihar Mahajan :)

Raimondas Lukosius - 3 years, 3 months ago

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exactly!!!

kaithabjeet singh - 6 months, 2 weeks ago

There is no need to use modulo in such questions. Just do 8*4=32. So, unit digit is 2.

Divya Prakash Sinha - 2 years, 2 months ago

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What you do when I ask for three digits

A Former Brilliant Member - 2 years, 1 month ago

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the same thing?

cache fl0w - 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Will anyone explain me why -9(mod 12) is 3?? (out of this context though It will help me to understand )

Zuleyenine Ibne Noman - 1 year, 2 months ago

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12*-1=-12 remainder is 3 when you subtract right?

mimi jeet - 1 year, 2 months ago

-9 + 12 = 3 and 3 mod 12 = 3

karkir subu - 1 year, 2 months ago

Mod 10 gives us the last number of any number as our number system is based on 10.

Muhammad Badami - 9 months, 1 week ago

Why you take mod 10 why not take a 3mod

Akash Bailwad - 3 years, 8 months ago

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1234=1 (mod 10)

Akash Bailwad - 3 years, 8 months ago

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hey dude! It is because any position in a number can have 10 different options. (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) then it repeats. (for example: focus on the last digit in this sequence 10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 and then 20 so it repeats.

Matt Reeves - 2 years, 4 months ago

Because the last Digit can be Greater Than 3

SHRIGANESH -2019BCSIIITK - 1 year, 2 months ago

Here just we need to multiply the last two digits which is 4x8=32. So the last digit becomes 2.

That's how I also did it. You don't really need mod for this question :)

Tarush Govil - 5 years, 6 months ago

I did this too.

Emily Peng - 1 year, 7 months ago

good solution :)

adiraju uttej - 5 years, 11 months ago

good solution

adiraju uttej - 5 years, 11 months ago

8*4 = 32 (Product of last digits of both numbers)

Alex Delhumeau
Jun 1, 2015

The last digit is just (product of the units digits of both numbers = 32 ) \small{\text{(product of the units digits of both numbers} = 32}) ( m o d 10 ) \pmod{10}

2 \Rightarrow \boxed{2} .

When we are asked about only last few digits (say last n digits) of a large sum (or a large product); we can arrive at the answer by only adding (or multiplying in case of products) last n digits of each participant of the sum (or product) and ignoring all other digits, as they can not affect the last n digits in any way no matter how large the participating numbers are.

Applicable only in additions and multiplications (but not a combination of both)

So in this problem n =1 i.e. we are asked last 1 digit of the given product. We can easily tell last 1 digit by ingoring the higher places from all participating numbers leaving just 1 digit from each and then carry out the multiplication.

So 1234 * 5678 becomes 4 * 8 which is 32, last digit is 2.

ANSWER 2

How did you get the 4and8

okike Emmanuel - 4 months ago
Mohammad Khaza
May 21, 2017

we need the last digit.so 8*4=32.according to the general rule of multiplication we will take 2.

so the last digit is 2.we don't need mod here

nice explanation

Halima Tahmina - 4 years ago

thanks.your comment inspired me

Mohammad Khaza - 4 years ago
Jellowmear Rubio
Jun 6, 2015

You just need to multiply the last digits of the multiplicand and the multiplier which is 4x8=32. Then the last digit of the product would be the answer.

Renah Bernat
Jun 6, 2015

If we Multiply 1234x5678 the answer will be 7006652... The question is what is the last digit of 1234x5678?

                                 1234
                               x5678
                               ---------
                         7006652<----------------The last digit is number 2.
Archil Patel
Jun 6, 2015

8*4=32 So last digit is 2

Atika Samiha
Jun 6, 2015

multiplying the last 2 digit (8x4) the last digit is 2

Multiply ones place digit 8and 4 then last digit of solution is 2

Samill Wong
Jun 6, 2015

Pretty simple. Just multiply the two last digit of the numbers. 4 x 8 = 32. Therefore the last digit is 2.

Ahsan Rasheed
Jun 4, 2015

Product of last 2 digit is required

The last digits will never get added to anything ,so 4×8=32

Lâm Lê
Oct 15, 2020

1234 × 5678 ( 1230 + 4 ) × ( 5670 + 8 ) 4 × 8 32 30 + 2 2 1234×5678\equiv(1230+4)×(5670+8)\equiv4×8\equiv32\equiv30+2\equiv\color{#FFFFFF}\colorbox{#20A900}{2}

That was in m o d 10 \text{That was in}\mod{10}

Het Patel
Apr 29, 2020

4x8=32 and 32%10=2

Anika Islam
Aug 17, 2019

This. doesn’t even require modular arithmetic. You just have to multiply the last digit of each number. 4*8=32, so the last digit is 2.

The product of their last digit is 32 and its last digit is 2 \boxed{\large{2}}

B D
Sep 7, 2018

Multiply the last digits of the two numbers which is 32. The last digit is 2.

Chinmay Pani
Jan 7, 2017

4*8=32%10=2

Great :) quick and easy.

Chung Kevin - 4 years, 5 months ago
Hadia Qadir
Sep 4, 2015

multiply the last two digits which is 4x8=32. So the last digit becomes 2.

Mann Bilimoria
Aug 4, 2015

Just multiply last digiys of both numbers 4 x 8 we get 32. So 2 is the answer

Gouri Panda
Jul 17, 2015

sice the last digit of 1234 is 4,last digit of 5678 is 8 multiplying 4 by 8 we get 32 abd therefore 2 as a last digit so the answer is 2

Ahmed Chowdhury
Jun 11, 2015

Multiply the last 2 digits, the ones digit of the resultant number is the answer

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