Xref: utzoo sci.math:17139 sci.misc:4978 comp.edu:4262 uw.general:3354 ut.general:1548 Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.misc,comp.edu,uw.general,ut.general Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!sarah!bingnews!kym From: kym@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (R. Kym Horsell) Subject: Re: Subtle Math Questions Message-ID: <1991Apr30.080102.9990@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> Organization: State University of New York at Binghamton References: <1991Apr22.235606.10856@ms.uky.edu> <1991Apr30.002142.21112@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <1991Apr30.072900.7073@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1991 08:01:02 GMT In article <1991Apr30.072900.7073@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> kym@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (R. Kym Horsell) writes: >In article <1991Apr30.002142.21112@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> blaak@csri.toronto.edu (Raymond Blaak) writes: >>ghot@ms.uky.edu (Allan Adler) writes: >>>(6) What are the last 4 digits of 5 to the 7777th power ? >> >>How about the FIRST 4 digits? >> >>Cheers, >>Ray > > >7757 > >-kym Repeatedly divide by 2, starting with 1, and keep first 4 nonzero digits after dp? -kym