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Squaring numbers made up of sixes
Choose a a number made up of sixes.
The square is made up of:
one fewer 4 than there are repeating 6's
3
same number of 5's as 4's
6
Example:
If the number to be squared is 666
The square of the number has:
4's (one less than digits
in number) 4
4
3 3
5's (same number as 4's) 5 5
6 6
So 666 x 3666333 = 443556.
See the pattern?
If the number to be squared is 66666
The square of the number has:
4's (one less than digits
in number) 4
4 4 4
3 3
5's (same number as 4's) 5
5 5 5
6 6