FACTORIAL & TRAILING

ZERO’S
Theory, Concepts & Practice
Questions
Prime factorization
 Summary

While calculating number of trailing zeroes at the end of any given

number or expression we have to evaluate powers of 2 and 5.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Find the number of zero’s at the end of followings numbers or
expression.

1. A = 300!

(A) 74 (B) 72 (C) 75 (D) 76

2. B = 625!

(A) 125 (B) 150 (C) 155 (D) 156

3. C = 2502 × 5205

(A) 502 (B) 205 (C) 707 (D) None of these

4. D = 1 × 3 × 5 × 7 ×...........999

(A) 246 (B) 199 (C) 99 (D) 0

5. E = 1 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 9 ×......× 99 × 128

(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 7 (D) 19

8. H = 168! × 143!

(A) 40 (B) 34 (C) 74 (D) 1360

9. I = 2 × 4 × 6 × 8 ×..........1000

(A) 249 (B) 125 (C) 124 (D) 997

10. J = 5 × 10 × 15 × 20 × .......1000

(A) 49 (B) 111 (C) 197 (D) 247

Detailed Solution of Question No. 10
11. K = 10100 + 1090 + 1080 + ......1020 + 1010

(A) 10 (B) 100 (C) 550 (D) 55

12. L = (5!)6!

(A) 120 (B) 720 (C) 600 (D) 840

13. M = 10 × 100 × 1000 × ..... ..10000000000

(A) 1 (B) 10 (C) 45 (D) 55

14. N = (25!)20 + (20!)25

(A) 100 (B) 120 (C) 220 (D) 20

15. O = (3123 – 3122 – 3121) (2121 – 2120 – 2119)

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 119 (D) 120

16. P = 11 × 22 × 33 × 44 × 55 ×......100100

(A) 1050 (B) 1200 (C) 1300 (D) 1450

17. Q = 1001 × 992 × 983 ×........299 × 1100

(A) 1124 (B) 1120 (C) 970 (D) 1121

18. What is the highest power of 4 in 100! ?

(A) 32 (B) 48 (C) 49 (D) None of these

Detailed Solution of Question No. 18
19. What is the highest power of 72 in 100! ?
Sum of Natural numbers
Consecutive integers
Other Methods
II. We can use Arithmetic Progression:
III. 21+22+23+……+59+60
(20+1) + (20+2) + (20+3) + …………. + (20+39) + (20+40)
(20+20+……………. 40 times) + (1+2+3+…………+40)

800 +

800 + 820 = 1620