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What determines whether a number is divisible by $5$ or not?

Find: $3^{1}, 3^{2}, 3^{3}, 3^{4}, 3^{5}, 3^{6}, 3^{7}, 3^{8}, 3^{9} \ldots$

What do you notice?

Find: $4^{1}, 4^{2}, 4^{3}, 4^{4}, 4^{5}, 4^{6}, 4^{7}, 4^{8}, 4^{9} \ldots$

What do you notice?