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Digital RootThe digital root of a number is the number received by adding all the digits, then adding the digits of that number, and then continuing until a single-digit number is reached. An example is: The digital root of 65,536 is 6+5+5+3+6 = 25, then 2+5 = 7 Special cases of digital roots of particular numbers are: - Digital root of a square is 1, 4, 7, or 9
- Digital root of a perfect cube is 1, 8 or 9
- Digital root of a prime number (except 3) is 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, or 8
- Digital root of a power of 2 is 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, or 8
- Digital root of a perfect number (except 6) is 1
- Digital root of a star number is 1 or 4
- Digital root of a triangular number is 1, 3, 6 or 9.
Digital roots can be calculated with congruences rather than by adding up all the digits, a procedure that can be a real time saver in the case of very large numbers. Digital roots can be used as a sort of checksum. - See also:
digit sum
cube (arithmetic)
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