Tell me the sum of 1 to 10?
By Scorpion_boo
@Scorpion_boo (125)
India
6 responses
@WebGal (48)
• United States
20 Dec 06
Pair up the numbers this way:
1 + 10
2 + 9
3 + 8
4 + 7
5 + 6
Notice that the sum of each pair is 11, and there are 5 pairs. And it's easy to do 5 x 11 in your head to get 55.
Now try it for the numbers 1 to 20; there are 20 numbers, so 10 pairs, and each pair adds to 21 (1+20, 2+19, etc).
So you have 10 x 21 = 210.
