{"id":11790,"date":"2018-03-02T14:43:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T09:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cracku.in\/blog\/?p=11790"},"modified":"2019-04-29T15:56:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T10:26:45","slug":"cat-questions-last-two-digits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cracku.in\/blog\/cat-questions-last-two-digits\/","title":{"rendered":"CAT Questions on Last Two Digits"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>CAT Questions on Last Two Digits:<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"text-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cracku.in\/downloads\/133\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-danger  download\">Download CAT Questions on Last Two Digits<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cracku.in\/blog\/quantitative-aptitude-for-cat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download CAT Quant Questions PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Take <a href=\"https:\/\/cracku.in\/cat-mock-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Mock Test for CAT<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Question 1:<\/strong> If the last two digits of (1!+2!+3!&#8230;.. 50!) are ab, then find the value of a*b?<\/p>\n<p>a) 3<br \/>\nb) 4<br \/>\nc) 5<br \/>\nd) 6<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question 2:<\/strong> Find the last two non-zero digits of 25!.<\/p>\n<p>a) 74<br \/>\nb) 94<br \/>\nc) 84<br \/>\nd) 64<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question 3:<\/strong> Find the sum of the last two digits in $89^{82}$.<\/p>\n<p>a) 1<br \/>\nb) 3<br \/>\nc) 5<br \/>\nd) 7<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cracku.in\/blog\/cat-syllabus-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-danger \">Download CAT Syllabus PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"a-single a-22\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cracku.in\/cat-8-months\/e?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=catbanners\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cracku.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CAT-2026-Tejas-Batch-Starts-on-9th-Feb-Mon-1.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Question 4:<\/strong> What are the last two digits of the sum $(19!)^2 + (18!)^2 + (17!)^2 + \u2026\u2026\u2026(0!)^2$<\/p>\n<p>a) 33<br \/>\nb) 34<br \/>\nc) 17<br \/>\nd) 18<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question 5:\u00a0<\/strong>Find the last two digits of the number $27^{103}$?<\/p>\n<p>a) 63<br \/>\nb) 73<br \/>\nc) 93<br \/>\nd) 83<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Solutions for\u00a0CAT Questions on Last Two Digits:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Solutions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Answer (A)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lat two digits is nothing but the remainder with 100<br \/>\nFrom 10! onwards all terms will be divisible by 100<br \/>\nSo we just need to find out the remainder of (1! + 2! + &#8230;.9! ) with 100<br \/>\nSo on calculating the remainders we get,<br \/>\n1+2+6+24+20+20+40+20+80 = 213,<br \/>\n213mod 100 = 13, so last two digits are 13<br \/>\nHence the product of digits is 1*3 = 3<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Answer (C)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The last two non-zero digits of the factorial of a number X, which is divisible by 5 can be calculated as below.<br \/>\nlast two non-zero digits of X! = last two non zero digits of $[x\/5]! * 12^{x\/5}$<br \/>\nHere x = 25. ==&gt; $[25\/5]! *12^{25\/5}$ = $5!*12^{5}$ = 120*32 (last two digits of $12^5$ is 32) ==&gt; 84<br \/>\nTherefore last two digits of 25! = 84.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cracku.in\/blog\/cat-preparation-tips-for-beginners\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-alone \">Preparation tips for CAT &#8211; Beginners<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Answer (B)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last two digits can be found by finding the remainder with 100.<br \/>\n$89^{82}=(90-1)^{82}$<br \/>\n$=(&#8230;00)-(82\\times90)+1$<br \/>\n$=(&#8230;00)-7380+1$<br \/>\n$=(&#8230;00)-7379$<br \/>\n$=(&#8230;21)$<br \/>\nSo the last two digits are 21.<br \/>\nSum of digits = 3<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-single a-22\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cracku.in\/cat-8-months\/e?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=catbanners\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cracku.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CAT-2026-Tejas-Batch-Starts-on-9th-Feb-Mon-1.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>4) Answer (D)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From $(5!)^2$ to $(19!)^2$ every number in the series ends with \u201800\u2019.<br \/>\nNow we need to calculate the sum of last two digits of numbers from $(0!)^2$ to $(4!)^2$ = 1 + 1 + 4 + 36 + 576 = 618<br \/>\nTherefore last two digits of the sequence are 18.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5) Answer (D)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last two digits of a number is nothing but the remainder when the number is divided by 100. So we essentially have to find the remainder when the given number is divided by 100.<br \/>\n$27^{103}$ mod 100<br \/>\n100 can be written as 25*4<br \/>\n$27^{103}$ mod 4 = $(-1)^{103}mod4 = -1 = 3$<br \/>\n$27^{103}$mod 25 = $2^{103}$mod25 = $(2^{10})^{10}*8$mod25<br \/>\n= $(1024)^{10}*8$mod25 = 1*8 = 8<br \/>\nThus the required remainder is of the form<br \/>\n4k+3 = 25m+8<br \/>\nIf m = 1, we get 33 but this is not of the form 4k+3. Hence this is not possible.<br \/>\nIf m = 2, we get 58 but this is again not of the form 4k+3. Hence this is also not possible.<br \/>\nm=3 gives 83. This is of the form 4k+3. Hence the required remainder is 83.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cracku.in\/cat-mock-test\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-info \">Take a free CAT online mock test<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAT Questions on Last Two Digits: Download CAT Quant Questions PDF Take Free Mock Test for CAT Question 1: If the last two digits of (1!+2!+3!&#8230;.. 50!) are ab, then find the value of a*b? a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6 Question 2: Find the last two non-zero digits of 25!. a) 74 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