Rule: Add the units digit to 25 and affix the square of the units digit to the result. If the square of the units digit is a one-digit number, precede it with a 0.
Find the square of 53, using this...
The square of 25 is 625. Oddly enough, these are the last three digits in the square of any three-digit number ending in 25. Since squaring a three-digit number results in at most six digits, the problem...
SQUARING ANY NUMBER ENDING IN 5
Rule: Multiply the complete number to the left of the 5 by one more then itself and affix 25 to the result.
To demonstrate, we shall find the square...
SQUARING ANY NUMBER ENDING IN 1:
Rule: First,square the number to the left of the units digit. Then double the number to the left of the digit. Affix the units digit of this result to...