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square big #'s

9/1/2022

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Is there a fast way for squaring numbers that are really big … of more than three digits? Let’s pick this number: 1,002 squared. I chose 1,002 arbitrarily because I like to work with smallish big numbers, but the following formula works for any number.

(a ± b)² = a² ± 2ab + b²

a = 1000 (because 1000 is easy to work with) and b = 2


Using the formula, (1000 + 2)² = 1,000,000 + 4,000 + 4 = 1,004,004

When multiplying multiples of 10, just count the zeros. One thousand is a multiple of 10. So, with 1000 x 1000, or 1,000 squared, count the six zeros, and the answer is one million.
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