Lesson 6 Addition 04

Addition (Part-iv)
Some Interesting aspects in addition.
I. Sum of sequence of ‘n’ natural numbers.

1
–  n  (n  1)
2

E.g.1: Sum of all numbers upto 25

Ans: here n = 25
1 1
Sum =  25  (25  1) =  25  26 = 25 13  325.
2 2

II. Sum of sequence of consecutive odd numbers.

 n  1
2

– 
 2 

E.g.2: Sum of all odd numbers 1 to 25

Ans: here n = 25
 25  1
2 2
 26 
Sum =       13  169
2

 2   2 

III. Sum of sequence of consecutive even numbers.

1
–  n ( n  2)
4

E.g.3: Sum of all even numbers from 2 to 26

Ans: here n = 26
1
Sum =  26  (26  2) = 26 X 7 = 182
4

IV. Sum of sequence of consecutive numbers between any two

numbers.

1
–  (n1  n2 )  (n2  n1  1) where n2  n1
2
E.g.4: Sum of all numbers between 6 and 27
Ans: here n1 = 6 and n2 = 27

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 1 1
Sum =  (6  27)  (27  6  1)   33  22  33  11  363
2 2

V. Sum of digits of squares of repeated ones.

– (number of digits in repeated ones)2

E.g.5(a): Sum of digits of (1111)2

Ans: (1111)2 = 1234321
Or 1+2+3+4+3+2+1 = 16 = 42
i.e. there are 4 ones in 1111 and hence sum of digits in its square
is 42 = 16

E.g.5(b): Sum of digits of (111)2

Ans: there are 3 ones in 111 and hence 32 = 9
i.e. (111)2 = 12321 and 1+2+3+2+1 = 9 = 32

VI. Sum of sequence of numbers from 1 to a desired one-digit number

and back. (This is corollary of E.g. 5(a) and 5(b) above.)

– n2 where n is the desired number

E.g.6: Sum of digits 1 to 7 and back

Ans: The desired number is 7 and the required sum is
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+6+5+4+3+2+1 = 72 = 49

VII. Sum of sequence of numbers in 10s upto a desired number also in

10s and back upto 10.

– If the desired number in 10s is say 15 and the sum required is

from 10 to 15 and back, then follow the following steps -
Step 1: Square the unit digits of desired number – in this case it is
5 of 15 and 52 is 25. Take 5 and carry 2.
Step 2: The number of terms will be 2 x unit digit of chosen
number + 1 = 2 x 5 + 1 = 11
Step 3: Number of terms (found in step 2) + carry in step 1 =
11+2 = 13; so sum of sequence = 135
10+11+12+13+14+15+14+13+12+11+10 = 135

E.g.7: Sum of numbers 10 to 17 and back to 10

Ans: The chosen number is 17
Step 1: Square of unit digit of 17 i.e. 7 is 49. Take 9 and carry 4.
Step 2: No of terms = 2 x 7 +1 = 15
Step 3: No of terms + carry in step 1 = 15 + 4 = 19

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 10+11+12+13+14+15+16+17+16+15+14+13+12+11+10 = 199

VIII. Sum of sequence of numbers in 20s upto a desired number also in

20s and back upto 20.

E.g.8: If the desired number in 20s is say 24 and the sum required
is from 20 to 24 and back, then follow the following steps -
Step 1: Square the unit digits of desired number – in this case it is
4 of 24 and 42 is 16. Take 6 and carry 1.
Step 2: The number of terms will be 2 x unit digit of chosen
number + 1 = 2 x 4 + 1 = 9
Step 3: 2 x Number of terms (found in step 2) + carry in step 1 =
2 x 9 + 1 = 19; so sum of sequence = 196
20+21+22+23+24+23+22+21+20 = 196

IX. Sum of sequence of numbers in 30s upto a desired number also in

30s and back upto 30.

E.g.9: – If the desired number in 30s is say 36 and the sum required
is from 30 to 36 and back, then follow the following steps -
Step 1: Square the unit digits of desired number – in this case it is
6 of 36 and 62 is 36. Take 6 and carry 3.
Step 2: The number of terms will be 2 x unit digit of chosen
number + 1 = 2 x 6 + 1 = 13
Step 3: 3 x Number of terms (found in step 2) + carry in step 1 =
3 x 13 + 3 = 42; so sum of sequence = 426
30+31+32+33+34+35+36+35+34+33+32+31+30 = 426

X. For numbers in 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s the sum can be found
on the logic explained in VIII and IX above
Sequence Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
of numbers
10 to 19 Square the unit No of terms is twice 1 x (Step 2 + carry in
digit unit digit + 1 step 1)
20 to 29 ------- do ------- ---------- do --------- 2 x (---------do -----------)
30 to 39 ------- do ------- ---------- do --------- 3 x (---------do -----------)
40 to 49 ------- do ------- ---------- do --------- 4 x (---------do -----------)
50 to 59 ------- do ------- ---------- do --------- 5 x (---------do -----------)
60 to 60 ------- do ------- ---------- do --------- 6 x (---------do -----------)
70 to 79 ------- do ------- ---------- do --------- 7 x (---------do -----------)
80 to 89 ------- do ------- ---------- do --------- 8 x (---------do -----------)
90 to 99 ------- do ------- ---------- do --------- 9 x (---------do -----------)

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XI. Sum of sequence of doubles

The following steps are involved –

1. Choose a number
2. Jot down the series of doubles – i.e. each successive term is twice of the
previous.
3. The sum of all the numbers in this sequence is 2 times the last term minus
the first term

E.g.11:
1. Suppose the number chosen is 7.
2. Doubles are 7, 14, 28, 56, 112, 224, 448
3. Sum  2 x 448 – 7 = 889.

XII. To add a sequence of quadruples.

The following steps are involved –

1. Choose a number
2. Generate a series of quadruples by multiplying each by 4 to get the next
number in the series.
3. The sum of all the numbers in this sequence is 4 times the last term minus
the first term and then divided by 3.

E.g. 12(a):
1. Suppose the number is 3.
2. The sequence is 3, 12, 48, 192, 768, 3072
3. Sum  (4 x 3072 – 3)/3 = 4095.

E.g. 12(b):
1. Let the number be 24
2. The sequence is 24, 96, 384, 1536, 6144
3. Sum  (4 x 6144 – 24)/3 = 8184.

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