Find the number of trailing zeroes in 2002!
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t r a i l i n g . z e r o e s = ( 5 n ) + ( 5 2 n ) + ( 5 3 n ) + ( 5 4 n ) + . . .
This is the trailing zeroes equation. Now to get each addend, divide 2 0 0 2 by 5 continuously until you get a quotient less than 5 . Add all the quotients (which are the addends) and you'll get the number of trailing zeroes, in which you will get 4 9 9