Find the digit in the ten's position of 5× 2⁴⁰
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There are several ways to deal with this problems some easier some harder, but almost all of them are based on the pattern recognition.
The tens digit of 6 in integer power starting from 2 (6^1 has no tens digit) repeats in pattern of 5: {3, 1, 9, 7, 5}:
The tens digit of 6^2=36 is 3;
The tens digit of 6^3=216 is 1;
The tens digit of 6^4=...96 is 9 (how to calculate: multiply 16 by 6 to get ...96 as the last two digits);
The tens digit of 6^5=...76 is 7 (how to calculate: multiply 96 by 6 to get ...76 as the last two digit);
The tens digit of 6^6=...56 is 5 (how to calculate: multiply 76 by 6 to get ...56 as the last two digits);
The tens digit of 6^7=...36 is 3 again (how to calculate: multiply 56 by 6 to get ...36 as the last two digits).
Hence, 6^2, 6^7, 6^12, 6^17, 6^22, ... will have the same tens digit of 3.
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