Expressed in numerical form, 248 = 281474976710656 - the units digit is therefore 6.
With the exception of 20 = 1. the units digit of successive powers of 2 runs 2, 4, 8, 6... continuously - therefore, an exponent which is a multiple of 4 will have a units digit of 6.
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Power 2: units digit 9. Multiply by 49 again to get power 4: units digit 1. So every 4th power gives units digit 1. So 16th power has units digit 1, so the previous power, the 15th must have units digit 3.
819 = 144115188075855872 The number in the units column is therefore 2.
To find the units digit of a number raised to a power, we can look for patterns in the units digits of the powers of that number. For 2, the units digits of the powers cycle in a pattern: 2, 4, 8, 6. Since 2011 is 3 more than a multiple of 4 (2011 = 4 * 502 + 3), the units digit of 2 to the power of 2011 will be the fourth number in the cycle, which is 6.
The last digit of a number raised to a power can be determined by finding a pattern in the units digits of the number's powers. For 2 raised to the power of 1997, the units digit will follow a pattern of 2, 4, 8, 6. Since 1997 is one less than a multiple of 4, the last digit will be 8.
Look at the first few powers of 2: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256,512, 1024, 2048The units digit repeats every four: [ 2 - 4 - 8 - 6 ] - [ 2 - 4 - 8 - 6 ] - etc.725/4 = 181 with remainder of 1 .So if you raise 2 to the 725th power, the units digit completes the whole4-step cycle [ 2-4-8-6 ] 181 times, and then advances one more step ... to 2 .