2010 is divisible by 3, so the largest integer less than 2010 that is divisible by 3 is 3 less that 2010, or 2007 First use the sum formula to find the sum of ALL integers less than 2010, which are the integers 1,2,3,...,2009 Sn =(a1 + an) with n=2009, a1 = 1, an = 2009, to find the sum of all positive integers less than 2010, the integers 1,2,3,...,2009. Now we need to find the sum of the integers which are divisible by 3. They are these: 3,6,9,...,2007 We can find n, which is how many there are, by thinking of dividing them all by 3 and getting 1,2,3,...669 So we know there are 669 multiples of 3 less than 2010. So we use the sum formula again Sn = (a1 + an) this time with n=669, a1 = 3, an = 2007 to find the sum of all integers divisible by 3 which are less than 2010, which are 3,6,9,...,2007. Then finally, to find the sum of all positive integers which are less than 2010 and are not divisible by 3, we subtract the second number from the first number. Answer: 672345 Edwin