Odd last digit

When the expression below is simplified to a single number, what is the last digit?

1 × 3 × 5 × 7 × × 97 × 99 \large 1 \times 3 \times 5 \times 7 \times \cdots \times 97 \times 99

0 1 3 5 7 9

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3 solutions

Michael Mendrin
Sep 4, 2018

Once 5 5 gets into the last digit there's no way to get it out of there.

The number is made king! (Of being last digit)

Mohammad Farhat - 2 years, 9 months ago

Unless you multiply it by an even number.

Mark Angelo Valdejueza - 2 years, 8 months ago

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or multiply it by π \pi , then you can't even find the last digit.

Michael Mendrin - 2 years, 8 months ago

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Or any irrational number for that matter.

Mark Angelo Valdejueza - 2 years, 8 months ago
David Vreken
Sep 5, 2018

The expression 1 × 3 × 5 × 7 × × 97 × 99 1 \times 3 \times 5 \times 7 \times \dots \times 97 \times 99 is odd (since it is the product of all odd numbers) and divisible by 5 5 (since 5 5 is one of its factors).

Since every odd number divisible by 5 5 must end in a 5 5 , the last digit of the answer is 5 \boxed{5} .

Naren Bhandari
Sep 8, 2018

If n > 3 n> 3 is an odd number then n ! ! = n ( n 2 ) ( n 4 ) ( n 6 ) × × 5 × 3 × 1 = 5 ( 2 k + 1 ) m o d ( 10 ) = 5 \begin{aligned} n!! & = n \,(n-2)\,(n-4) \,(n-6)\times \cdots \times 5 \times 3\times 1 \\ &= 5 \,(2k+1) \mod(10) = 5\end{aligned} Same problems here and here

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