2024 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 1

Problem 1

What is the ones digit of \[222{,}222-22{,}222-2{,}222-222-22-2?\] $\textbf{(A) } 0\qquad\textbf{(B) } 2\qquad\textbf{(C) } 4\qquad\textbf{(D) } 6\qquad\textbf{(E) } 8$

Solution 1

− We can rewrite the expression as \[222,222-(22,222+2,222+222+22+2).\]


− We note that the units digit of the addition is $0$ because all the units digits of the five numbers are $2$ and $5*2=10$, which has a units digit of $0$.


− Now, we have something with a units digit of $0$ subtracted from $222,222$. The units digit of this expression is obviously $2$, and we get $\boxed{B}$ as our answer.


Solution 2

$222,222-22,222 = 200,000$ $200,000 - 2,222 = 197778$ $197778 - 222 = 197556$ $197556 - 22 = 197534$ $197534 - 2 = 1957532$ So our answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(B) } 2}$.

Solution 3

We only care about the unit's digits.

Thus, $2-2$ ends in $0$, $0-2$ ends in $8$, $8-2$ ends in $6$, $6-2$ ends in $4$, and $4-2$ ends in $\boxed{\textbf{(B) } 2}$.

Solution 4

We just take the units digit of each and subtract, or you can do it this way by adding an extra ten to the first number (so we don't get a negative number): \[(12-2)-(2+2+2+2)=10-8=2\] Thus, we get the answer $\boxed{(B)}$

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