Question 128(i)
Predicting the ones digit, copy and complete this table and answer the questions that follow.
Powers Table
X1x2x3x4x5x6x7x8x9x10x1122143184116513261647112881256Ones digits of the powers12,4,6,8
Describe patterns you see in the ones digits of the powers.
On the basis of given pattern in 1x and 2x, we can make patterns for 3x,4x,5x,6x,7x,8x,9x,10x.
Thus, we have following table which shows all details about the patterns.
X1x2x3x4x5x6x7x8x9x10x112345678910214916253649648110031827641252163435127291000411681256625129624014096656110000513224310243125777616807327685904910000061647294096156254665611764926214453144110000007112821871638478125279936823543209715247829691000000081256656165536390625167961657648011677721643046721100000000Ones digits of the powers12,4,6,83,9,7,14,6567,9,3,18,4,2,69,10