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At school im doing consecutive sums which are numbers in counting order e.g for 3 it would be 1+2 for 19 it would be 9+10 but i need this for numbers 1-50 ASAP

 Apr 21, 2015

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Notice

1 + 2 = 3

2 + 3 = 5

3 + 4 = 7

4 + 5 = 9

 

So.....for any nth pair, the sum is just 2n + 1

 

  

 Apr 21, 2015
 #1
avatar+130466 
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Best Answer

Notice

1 + 2 = 3

2 + 3 = 5

3 + 4 = 7

4 + 5 = 9

 

So.....for any nth pair, the sum is just 2n + 1

 

  

CPhill Apr 21, 2015

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