SoBeLiz Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 There is a well known story of a famous German mathematician, who showed his brilliance even as a young boy. While in elementary school, he was given the problem of finding the sum of all the whole numbers from one to 100. For most of use it would be a long and difficult task of adding "1=2=3=4 etc." This young lad, however, solved the problem in his head in just a few moments. What is the answer and how did he manage to do it in his head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 100 x 101 = 10100 ÷ 2 = 5050 When adding numbers like that, it's often easier, simpler and more accurate to take the highest number, multiply it by one more than itself, then divide that result in half. As an example, 5+4+3+2+1... 5+4+3+2+1 = (9 + 5 + 1 = 14 + 1) = 15 5 x 6 = 30 ÷ 2 = 15 style_emoticons/default/smile.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeefer_11 Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Ive heard of Albert Einstien when i read a book about him it said he did poorly in school so i think it was 100+0 or 50+50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 That made no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeefer_11 Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 Just because im special dont mean you can make fun of me! style_emoticons/default/sad.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 What you said didn't make sense. That's not making fun of you. style_emoticons/default/smile.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeefer_11 Posted May 19, 2004 Report Share Posted May 19, 2004 Oh ya. Ü i like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 Simple mind, simple pleasures. style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoBeLiz Posted May 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 And Admin gets it right.. Anyone else shellshocked? ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Oh hush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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