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minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoSorry if this is stupid but how to deal with sums to odd numbers ? Won’t you have a number left over after pairing all the others?
minus-squareLordGimp@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoAdd the last number onto the end. So the sum of all numbers between 1 and 101 is 50 pairs of 101 plus one extra 101 and the end. It’d end up being 5050 + 101 or 51x101 or 5151
Sorry if this is stupid but how to deal with sums to odd numbers ? Won’t you have a number left over after pairing all the others?
Add the last number onto the end. So the sum of all numbers between 1 and 101 is 50 pairs of 101 plus one extra 101 and the end. It’d end up being 5050 + 101 or 51x101 or 5151