2024 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 1

1 Problem 1
2 Solution 1
3 Solution 2
4 Solution 3
5 Solution 4
6 Video Solution (MATH-X)
7 Video Solution (A Clever Explanation You’ll Get Instantly)
8 Video Solution (Quick and Easy!)
9 Video Solution by Interstigation
10 Video Solution by Daily Dose of Math
11 Video Solution by Dr. David
12 Video Solution by WhyMath
13 See Also

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 $0$ , $0-2$ after regrouping(10-2) ends in $8$ , $8-2$ ends in $6$ , $6-2$ ends in $4$ , and $4-2$ ends in $\boxed{\textbf{(B) } 2}$ .

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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 $\boxed{(B)}$

Video Solution (MATH-X)

https://youtu.be/BaE00H2SHQM?si=O0O0g7qq9AbhQN9I&t=130

~Math-X

Video Solution (A Clever Explanation You’ll Get Instantly)

https://youtu.be/5ZIFnqymdDQ?si=IbHepN2ytt7N23pl&t=53

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Video Solution (Quick and Easy!)

https://youtu.be/Ol1seWX0xHY

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Video Solution by Interstigation

https://youtu.be/ktzijuZtDas&t=36

Video Solution by Daily Dose of Math

https://youtu.be/bSPWqeNO11M?si=HIzlxPjMfvGM5lxR

~Thesmartgreekmathdude

Video Solution by Dr. David

https://youtu.be/RzPadkHd3Yc

Video Solution by WhyMath

https://youtu.be/i4mcj3jRTxM

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