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if you draw out the 10x10 multiplication table, anything 0 * x or x * 0 ends in 0 (19 out of 100 cases), and any even number times 5 also ends in 0 (8 out of 10
by brilee 5y ago
if you draw out the 10x10 multiplication table, anything 0 * x or x * 0 ends in 0 (19 out of 100 cases), and any even number times 5 also ends in 0 (8 out of 100 cases), which lines up with the 27% you're seeing.
Since this is on the units digit, Benford's law doesn't apply and you can basically expect the distribution of units digits to be uniform.