2020 AMC 10A Problem 6

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Concepts:multiplication principledigitsdivisibility

Difficulty rating: 980

6.

How many 44-digit positive integers (that is, integers between 10001000 and 9999,9999, inclusive) having only even digits are divisible by 5?5?

8080

100100

125125

200200

500500

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The last digit must be 00, because the number is divisible by 55 and all digits are even. The thousands digit can be 2,4,6,2,4,6, or 88, and each of the hundreds and tens digits has 55 choices. Thus there are 455=1004\cdot5\cdot5=100 such integers. Thus, B is the correct answer.

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