Posted by Nate on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 9:41pm.
There is quite the easy shortcut for adding any set of numbers from 1 to whatever and that is this:
(n(n+1))/2
So, let's say you wanted to find the sum of all numbers from 1 to 99. 99 will be n and so the equation will look like the following:
(99(99+1))/2
Solve for the top first:
9900/2
Finish the solution:
9900/2 = 4950
And there you go, you can use and number greater than one as your n.
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