Maths Olympiad Prep

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Problem 13

AMC 10/12, early questions
Number theory Difficulty 3.0 Multiple choice

What is the ones digit of222,22222,2222,222222222?222,222-22,222-2,222-222-22-2?

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Official solution

We can rewrite the expression as 222,222(22,222+2,222+222+22+2).222,222-(22,222+2,222+222+22+2).
We note that the units digit of the addition is 00 because all the units digits of the five numbers are 22 and 52=105*2=10, which has a units digit of 00.
Now, we have something with a units digit of 00 subtracted from 222,222222,222. The units digit of this expression is obviously 22, and we get B\boxed{B} as our answer.
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