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<math>111+1110+11100</math>, which is <math>12321</math>. | <math>111+1110+11100</math>, which is <math>12321</math>. | ||
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<math>111111111+1111111110+11111111100... = 12,345,678,987,654,321</math> whose digits sum up to <math>81\longrightarrow \fbox{E}.</math> | <math>111111111+1111111110+11111111100... = 12,345,678,987,654,321</math> whose digits sum up to <math>81\longrightarrow \fbox{E}.</math> | ||
Revision as of 01:21, 25 December 2017
Problem
What is the sum of the digits of the square of 
?
Solution
Using the standard multiplication algorithm, 
whose digit sum is 
Solution 2
Note that:
We see a pattern and find that 
whose digit sum is
Solution 3
You can see that
can be written as
, which is 
.
We can apply the same fact into 111,111,111, receiving
whose digits sum up to
See also
| 2009 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 4 |
Followed by Problem 6 | |
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| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
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