Trailing Zeros in the Product of the first 50 factorials

Find the trailing number of zeros of

1 ! × 2 ! × × 50 ! . 1! \times 2! \times \cdots \times 50!.


This problem belongs to the series Trailing Zeros in the Product of the First n n Factorials .


The answer is 262.

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1 solution

Guilherme Niedu
Feb 14, 2017

Each multiple of 5 5 adds one trailing zero, each multiple of 10 10 adds one trailing zero and each multiple of 25 25 adds two trailing zeroes.

  • Factorials from 5 5 to 9 9 are multiples of 5 5 , so 1 trailing zero for each one of them, totalizing 5 5 .
  • Factorials from 10 10 to 14 14 are multiples of 5 5 and 10 10 , so 2 trailing zeroes for each one of them, totalizing 10 10 .
  • Factorials from 15 15 to 19 19 are multiples of 5 5 , 10 10 and 15 15 , so 3 trailing zeroes for each one of them, totalizing 15 15 .
  • Factorials from 20 20 to 24 24 are multiples of 5 5 , 10 10 , 15 15 and 20 20 , so 4 trailing zeroes for each one of them, totalizing 20 20 .
  • Factorials from 25 25 to 29 29 are multiples of 5 5 , 10 10 , 15 15 , 20 20 and 25 25 , so 6 trailing zeroes for each one of them, totalizing 30 30 .
  • Factorials from 30 30 to 34 34 are multiples of 5 5 , 10 10 , 15 15 , 20 20 , 25 25 and 30 30 , so 7 trailing zeroes for each one of them, totalizing 35 35 .
  • Factorials from 35 35 to 39 39 are multiples of 5 5 , 10 10 , 15 15 , 20 20 , 25 25 , 30 30 and 35 35 , so 8 trailing zeroes for each one of them, totalizing 40 40 .
  • Factorials from 40 40 to 44 44 are multiples of 5 5 , 10 10 , 15 15 , 20 20 , 25 25 , 30 30 , 35 35 and 40 40 , so 9 trailing zeroes for each one of them, totalizing 45 45 .
  • Factorials from 45 45 to 49 49 are multiples of 5 5 , 10 10 , 15 15 , 20 20 , 25 25 , 30 30 , 35 35 , 40 40 and 45 45 , so 10 trailing zeroes for each one of them, totalizing 50 50 .
  • Factorial of 50 50 is multiple of 5 5 , 10 10 , 15 15 , 20 20 , 25 25 , 30 30 , 35 35 , 40 40 , 45 45 and 50 50 , so 12 12 trailing zeroes for it.

So our total is 5 + 10 + 15 + 20 + 30 + 35 + 40 + 45 + 50 + 12 = 262 \color{#3D99F6} 5 + 10 + 15 + 20 + 30 + 35 + 40 + 45 + 50 + 12 = \fbox{262}

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