So the last digits go in blocks of 4 like this: 7,9,3,1 So we just divide 2009 by 4 502 ----- 4)2009 20 -- 009 008 --- 1 That division tells us the last digits go through the cycle 7,9,3,1 502 times and the remainder, being 1, means that they end up on the first of the 503rd cycle and must therefore be a 7. Edwin