Follow the following Steps:
- Choose a number with a 4 and repeating 9’s.
- The square is made up of:
Example:
- If the number to be squared is 4999:
- The square has:
first digits: 24 and one fewer
9 than 9's (in the number) 2 4 9 9
next digits: same number of 0's
as 9's (in the number) 0 0 0
last digit: 1 1 - So 4999 × 4999 = 24,990,001.
See the pattern?
- If the number to be squared is 499999:
- The square has:
first digits: 24 and one
fewer 9 than 9's 2 4
9 9 9 9
next digits: same number
of 0's as 9's 0
0 0 0 0
last digit: 1 1 - So 499999 × 499999 = 249,999,000,001.