Q104 / 180 · COMEDK 2013 · Mathematics

The last digit in $7^{300}$ is

  • A
    $7$
  • B
    $9$
  • Correct answer
    C
    $1$
  • D
    $3$

Solution

We have, $$ \begin{aligned} &7^{1}=7 \\ &7^{2}=49 \\ &7^{3}=343 \\ &7^{4}=2401 \end{aligned} $$ and so on. Thus, the last digit repeat itself in multiple of 4 . Since, 300 is divisible by 4 , the units digit of $7^{300}$ would be 1 .

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'C'.

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