five digit multiplication?

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fruitmonster97

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#1 h Nov 7, 2024, 4:41 PM

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What is the value of $9901\cdot101-99\cdot10101?$

$\textbf{(A) }2\qquad\textbf{(B) }20\qquad\textbf{(C) }21\qquad\textbf{(D) }200\qquad\textbf{(E) }2020$

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HonestCat

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#2 h Nov 7, 2024, 4:42 PM

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This is (A) 2

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clarkculus

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#3 h Nov 7, 2024, 4:43 PM • 3 Y

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I got a…

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hsuya1

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#4 h Nov 7, 2024, 4:43 PM • 1 Y

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Yeah you can just look at the numbers mod 10 and just see that the last digit must be 2

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VigneshS32

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#5 h Nov 7, 2024, 4:43 PM

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I got A, I bashed it.

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ethanzhang1001

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#6 h Nov 7, 2024, 4:44 PM

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this is actually kinda hard for #1 lol

the answer is A, notice $9901\cdot 101-99\cdot 10101=9900\cdot 101-99\cdot 10100+101-99$ and the left two multiplications are equal

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Countmath1

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#7 h Nov 7, 2024, 4:44 PM

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Write $9901= 10,000 - 99$ and $10101 = 10000 + 101$ , expand, simplify: $\textbf{(A)\ 2}.$

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Marcus_Zhang

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#8 h Nov 7, 2024, 4:44 PM • 1 Y

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bruh spent 6 minutes doing this one and checking > : (

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fruitmonster97

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#9 h Nov 7, 2024, 4:44 PM

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We compute $9901\cdot101=1000001$ and $99\cdot10101=99999,$ so our answer is $1000001-999999=2,$ answer choice $\boxed{\textbf{(A)}}.$

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evt917

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#10 h Nov 7, 2024, 4:44 PM

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A so easy arithmetic

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#11 h Nov 7, 2024, 4:47 PM

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(A) 2, just calculate

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#12 h Nov 7, 2024, 4:47 PM • 1 Y

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i got 21 somehow :skull: don't question it

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#13 h Nov 7, 2024, 4:51 PM • 1 Y

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Just look at last digits, 1-9 so it has to be 2

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pingpongmerrily

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#14 h Nov 7, 2024, 4:51 PM

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i did some weird substitution but just look and you can see it has to end with a 2 so A is the only choice

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mithu542

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#15 h Nov 7, 2024, 4:53 PM

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pingpongmerrily wrote:

i did some weird substitution but just look and you can see it has to end with a 2 so A is the only choice

Option choice $(D)$ also ends in $2$ .

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xHypotenuse

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#36 h Nov 7, 2024, 6:20 PM

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SomeonecoolLovesMaths wrote:

A confirmed

I put 2 but why was my answer choice E for that one

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scrabbler94

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#37 h Nov 7, 2024, 6:27 PM

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Modulo 10 kills this problem, since $9901 \cdot 101 - 99 \cdot 10101 \equiv 1 - 9 \equiv 2 \pmod{10}$ . Only (A) has units digit 2.

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wangzrpi

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#38 h Nov 7, 2024, 6:35 PM

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ayush_agarwal wrote:

Yeah you can just look at the numbers mod 10 and just see that the last digit must be 2

Nice solution. I rounded the products and estimated

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TetraFish

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#39 h Nov 7, 2024, 7:11 PM

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Pretty satisfying p1. $9901(101) - 99(9901 + 200) = 2(9901) - 99(200) = 2(9901) - 2(9900) = 2(1) = \boxed{2}$ , so A.

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#40 h Nov 7, 2024, 7:52 PM

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One problem I got right

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akqbstr

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#41 h Nov 7, 2024, 7:53 PM

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Just look at the last digit.
9901*101, last digit is 1
99*10101, last digit 9
subtract them, last digit has to be 2

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#42 h Nov 7, 2024, 10:24 PM

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A, I bashed it too

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gicyuraok2

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#43 h Nov 7, 2024, 11:17 PM

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ooh new amc drop i guess i'll try all the problems

anyway free problem just compute and your good for A

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#44 h Nov 7, 2024, 11:45 PM

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POV: You somehow fail to learn how to subtract and multiply, so you have to skip this problem. Come back to it, still forget how to multiply and subtract, and finally get it halfway through the test (I'm not actually that bad, just silly a bunch)

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