What is the remainder upon dividing 5999,999 by 7?
When successive powers of 5 are divided by 7, the remainders form a repeating series:
51 / 7 = 0 remainder 5
52 / 7 = 3 remainder 4
53 / 7 = 17 remainder 6
54 / 7 = 89 remainder 2
55 / 7 = 446 remainder 3
56 / 7 = 2232 remainder 1
57 / 7 = 11160 remainder 5
58 / 7 = 55803 remainder 4
59 / 7 = 279017 remainder 6
510 / 7 = 1395089 remainder 2
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The 999,999th term of the series is 6.
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