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Monday, October 13, 2014

Last 1000 digits puzzle

What are the last 1000 digits of

1+50+502++50999

when written in base-10?

i.e.

What are the last 1000 digits of

999k=050k

Of course, the idea is to find a way to find this manually/mathematically, and only use a calculator/computer if needed.

You don't have to list the 1000 digits, just some simple, reasonably easy to compute (by a human) description would do too.

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    1. A solution has been posted here: http://ruffnsluff.blogspot.com/2014/10/solution-to-last-1000-digits-puzzle.html

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