Last digit problem

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Find the last digit of 1 ! + 2 ! + 3 ! + 4 ! + . . . + 100 ! 1!+2!+3!+4!+...+100!


The answer is 3.

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2 solutions

Lee Wall
Mar 11, 2014

Note that since 5 2 = 10 5 \cdot 2 = 10 and every multiple of 10 10 has a units digit of zero, all factorials greater than 5 ! 5! have a units digit of zero. Therefore, we only need to consider the first four factorials. Through simple arithmetic, one obtains that the units digit of 1 ! + 2 ! + 3 ! + 4 ! 1!+2!+3!+4! is 3 3 , so the answer is 003 \boxed{003} .

Vivek Gupta
Mar 11, 2014

1!=1 , 2!=2 , 3!=6 , 4!=24 , 5!=120 , 6!=720...... and hence continue... So from here we can see that factorial of number greater than 4 will always end with zero. Hence unit digit of the sum of factorial till four (1!+2!+3!+4!=33) i.e. 3 will be at unit place 1!+2!+3!+4!+...+100!s as the unit place of number greater than 4! will be always zero.

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