Let's hit a Sixer

6 666666 + 1 6^{666666}+1

What is the last digit?

5 3 9 0 6 7

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38 solutions

Paola Ramírez
Aug 13, 2015

The last digit of 6 × 6 6\times 6 is 6 6 , and 6 × 6 6\times6 its last digit is 6 6 and so on \therefore the last digits of 6 n 6^n always is 6 6 666666 + 1 6\Rightarrow 6^{666666}+1 lasts digit's is 6 + 1 = 7 6+1=\boxed{7}

Is it true for all powers of any no

Archisman Konar - 5 years, 9 months ago

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True for all powers of numbers with Unit digit 0, 1, 5 or 6 n n. n n ------0 ------1 -----5 -----6 (n is equal to any whole number) Equals

---------0 ----------1 -----------5 -----------6

Shamlu Dudeja - 5 years, 9 months ago

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The Unit digit of a number raised to any power does not change if the Unit digit of the number is 0, 1, 5 or 6.

Shamlu Dudeja - 5 years, 9 months ago

No, for example 7 *7 is 49 and 7 *7 *7 is 343 so it doesn't work

Aaron Hodgson - 5 years, 9 months ago

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Power of 7 repeated after every 4 time dear

Dabbu Sahu - 5 years, 9 months ago

Though isn't 4 x 4 16? I'm confused

Abdullah Nalim - 5 years, 9 months ago
Sai Ram
Aug 14, 2015

Any thing to the power 6 6 has a units digit of 6. 6. Therefore the units digit of 6 666666 + 1 6^{666666}+1 is 6 + 1 = 7. 6+1 =7.

Ritam Podder
Aug 13, 2015

6^2=36,6^3=216. So when 6 is multiplied by 6,the last digit is always 6.So here the last digit is (6+1)=7.

The Unit digit of a number raised to any power does not change if the Unit digit of the number is 0, 1, 5 or 6.

Shamlu Dudeja - 5 years, 9 months ago
Roshan Amin
Aug 22, 2015

Last digit of 6^6 is 6, hence 6+1=7

Anthony Dobson
Aug 22, 2015

After I realized that 6^2 and 6^3 ended with 6, I assumed there was a pattern. I assumed correctly.

Premnath Kn
Aug 24, 2015

This is purely beauty of multiples of 6. 6 * 6 = 36 36 * 6 = 216 216 * 6 = 1296 1296 * 6 = 7776 7776* 6 = 46656.... & so on son 6^666666's last digit is 6. And hence 6 + 1 = 7. Normally my answers are wrong ;) This time I was lucky...

Ryan Creedon
Aug 22, 2015

Here's a formal approach using modular arithmetic.

  1. First, we establish 6 k 6 mod 10 6^{k} \equiv 6 \textrm{ mod } 10 for any natural number k k . This can be done by induction quite readily.

  2. Then, we consider ( 6 666666 + 1 ) mod 10 (6^{666666}+1) \textrm{ mod } 10 .

    ( 6 666666 + 1 ) mod 10 6 666666 mod 10 + 1 mod 10 (6^{666666}+1) \textrm{ mod }10 \equiv 6^{666666} \textrm{ mod }10 + 1 \textrm{ mod }10 .

    Applying our result from (1.), we see

    6 666666 mod 10 + 1 mod 10 6 mod 10 + 1 mod 10 7 mod 10 6^{666666} \textrm{ mod }10 + 1 \textrm{ mod }10 \equiv 6 \textrm{ mod } 10 + 1 \textrm{ mod }10 \equiv 7 \textrm{ mod }10 .

    Therefore, the last digit must be 7 \boxed{7} .

Venkatesh Patil
Aug 22, 2015

Multiplication of 6 with 6 and thereafter the result again with 6 any number of times always yield a figure ending with 6 only. Eg 6x6=36, 36x6=216, 216x6=1296 and so on. Hence when we add 1 to the figure thus arrived at it is ending with 7. Hence the answer is 7.

Omkaar Mishra
Aug 22, 2015

Just multiply the unit digits... They never change.in 6. And don't forget to add the 1 so ans - 7

Vijeth Thehotsoul
Aug 22, 2015

Power of 6 leaves an unit digit with 6 , so adding 1 gives us 7 in unit place..

Sankar Subramoni
Aug 22, 2015

The exponet of 6 always have last digit 6. Adding 1 to that makes it 7

Not true 6^0 is one

Dominique Zen-Ruffinen - 5 years, 9 months ago
Amit Mudgal
Aug 22, 2015

It was just logical

Mina Jadulco
Aug 22, 2015

6^2=36, 6^3=216, .. The product always ends with 6 so 6+1 =7

Abhishek Gupta
Aug 22, 2015

We have multiples of 6 which will always have the units digit as 6.Therefore adding one to it yields 7

Vincent Li
Jul 23, 2020

First, If we create a base pattern for 6 and the different powers of six. however, because six has only one recurring digit when multiplying itself, we can simply voild the power and leave the six on its own.

now that we solidified the last digit, we can then follow whatever expectations the question throws at us, in this case, it is adding one to the last digit.

the answer is 7 (6+1)

Pragya Jain
Oct 26, 2015

6*6 =36... 6multiplied any no. Of times ends up with 6 at the units place.. So 6+1=7

Eugene Min
Sep 4, 2015

6 to any power has a last digit of 6 and adding that by 1 gives7.

M S
Aug 26, 2015

Intuition!

Munendra Gangwar
Aug 24, 2015

Well when 6 is multiplied by 6 then last digit will be a 6 no matter how many time you do it. So ans will be 6+1=7

Tomo Sato
Aug 23, 2015

If you see the multiples of 6, it's 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 56, 60. And if you look carefully the last digits are in a pattern: 6, 2, 8, 4, and 0. So first of all you can take away the answers that are even since you're going to add 1 to it. But you can also find that 6^666665 has the last digit as 0 because it's the fifth pattern. So then if you find 6^666666 would have 6 as the last digit, so when you add 1, you would get 7. Unfortunately, I'm not good at explaining things so my solution may be hard to understand. Please forgive me with that.

Jai anmol Sharma
Aug 23, 2015

6^any no. Always ends in 6. And last 6+1=7

6 raise to the nth power ended with a figure 6, then the last digit should be 6+1 = 7

Satendra Kumar
Aug 23, 2015

last digit always 6 so answer is 7

John Kurian
Aug 23, 2015

6 x 6 is 36. Last digit 6. When you multiply this number again to get the power you always end up with last digit as 6. So the answer is 7.

Shravan Kumar
Aug 23, 2015

Last digit of 6 power any number gives 6.

Gregory Bradford
Aug 22, 2015

Stick to math math please.

Sarsij Saurabh
Aug 22, 2015

I have observed that (10y+x)^5 ie power 5 of any integer has the same last digit

1^5 has last digit 1 2^5 has last digit 2 3^5 has last digit 3 4^5 has last digit 4 5^5 has last digit 5 6^5 has last digit 6 7^5 has last digit 7 8^5 has last digit 8 9^5 has last digit 9 10^5 has last digit 0

Samruddh Kamath
Aug 22, 2015

Same as ramirez

Tc Erol Esen
Aug 22, 2015

Nicomachus of Gerasa, who lived in Syria in the 1st Century, showed that all perfect numbers end in 6 or 8 alternately. 6 is the perfect of them all, because its prime factors add up to it. Multiples of 6 also end in 6. Therefore 6+1 = 7.

After multiplying 6with 6 you Will again get product having unit 6 and plus 1 will give unit number 7

Zach Burman
Aug 22, 2015

6^x where x is any positive integer will produce an integer whose last digit is 6, and 6+1=7.

Mahesh R J
Aug 22, 2015

6 to the power any number last digit must b 6 only den adding 1 to 6 is 7..

666666/4 = 166666 i.e 166666*4 = 666664 =>666666-666664 = 2==> 6^2+1 ==>36+1 = 37==>7

Abe Mangum
Aug 21, 2015

Considering 78% of the people got this right I don't think I really need to explain it.

You are so intelligent!!!

Ritam Podder - 5 years, 9 months ago
Chris White
Aug 21, 2015

6 + 1 = 7, no math done here, author is bating you here is all.

If 6+1=7,is not a math then can you tell me what is math???Please....

Ritam Podder - 5 years, 9 months ago
Hadia Qadir
Aug 21, 2015

7 because when you multiply 2 numbers finishing by 6, the result will always finish by 6 so 6+1=...7

Luke Cai
Aug 20, 2015

The last digit of 6 raised to the power is always six; 6 times 6 is 36, 6^2 times 6 is 216, etc. Always the same. So, 6 to any integral positive integer will end in 6; 6+1=7

Caeo Tan
Aug 17, 2015

the last digit of 6 raised to any power is always six so in the question 6^666666+1, the last digit would be 6+1=7

The Unit digit of a number raised to any power does not change if the Unit digit of the number is 0, 1, 5 or 6.

Shamlu Dudeja - 5 years, 9 months ago

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