57^100 + 56^100 + 55^100 = N All positive integer powers of positive integers ending in 6 end in 6. Therefore 56^100 ends in 6. All positive integer powers of positive integers ending in 5 end in 5. Therefore 55^100 ends in 5. So the only difficulty here is with positive integer powers of positive integers ending in 7. So we write down a few: 7^1 = 7 7^2 = 49 7^3 = 343 7^4 = 2401 7^5 must end in 7, and the units digits must start over. So the units digits of powers of positive integers ending in 7 go 7,9,3,1,7,9,3,1,... which means every 4th one will be a 1. Since the 100th one is a 4th one, 57^100 will end in a 1. So now we know that: 57^100 ends in a 1, 56^100 ends in a 6, and 55^100 ends in a 5, Therefore we know that when we add them we will begin by adding their last digits 1+6+5 = 12, and we will put down the 2 and carry the 1. So the last digit of 57^100 + 56^100 + 55^100 = N must be 2. Edwin