2025 AMC 10B Problem 2

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2.

Jerry wrote down the ones digit of each of the first 20252025 positive squares: 1,4,9,6,5,6,1, 4, 9, 6, 5, 6, \ldots What is the sum of all the numbers Jerry wrote down?

90259025

90709070

90909090

91159115

91609160

Answer: D
Concepts:units digitperfect squarepattern recognition
Difficulty rating: 990
Solution:

The ones digit of n2n^2 depends only on the ones digit of n,n, so the list repeats every 1010 terms: 1,4,9,6,5,6,9,4,1,0.1, 4, 9, 6, 5, 6, 9, 4, 1, 0. One block sums to 45.45. Now 2025=20210+5,2025 = 202 \cdot 10 + 5, so we get 202202 full blocks plus the first five terms: 20245202 \cdot 45 +(1+4+9+6+5)+ (1 + 4 + 9 + 6 + 5) =9090= 9090 +25=9115.+ 25 = 9115. Therefore, the answer is D.

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