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What is the last two digit square number?
81
What is the last three digit cube number?
729
What is the last even prime number?
2
What is the last multiple of 7 which is a factor of 98?
98
What is the last digit of π rounded to 5 significant figures?
6
What is the last number you can show on your calculator?
Can't tell till the calculator finally breaks down!
What is the last number when ordered alphabetically?
Two trillion two thousand two hundred and two!
[or is it?]
What is the last polygon to have a name?
Googolgon (10¹⁰⁰-sides)
What is Fermat's Last Theorem?
xⁿ + yⁿ = zⁿ has no non-zero integer solutions for x, y and z when n > 2.
[Can you prove it?]

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