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Gauss's teacher asked him to add up all of the numbers 1 through 100. If you want to try to solve the problem, go ahead. If not, click Here to find his shortcut.

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When he received the problem Gauss noticed that 1+100= 101. The same is true for 2+99; it equals 101. He calculated that you could do this 50 times before you got to 51+50. He simply multiplied 101 by 50 and he got the correct answer, 5050.

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