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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
See, to me this kind of stuff was always so frustrating and completely useless. What good does it do?
"What's 9 squared?"
"Er, I don't know--but I know it ends in a 1!"
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It's useful when calculating square roots. If the number ends in a 1, you know the square root ends in 1 or 9.