SOLUTION: Solve for the sum of all positive integers, from 5 to 1255, that can be divided by 5. a. 158,130 b. 240,840 c. 76,210 d. 99,040

Question 1162191: Solve for the sum of all positive integers, from 5 to 1255, that can be divided by 5.
a. 158,130
b. 240,840
c. 76,210
d. 99,040
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

All the multiple of five will for an ap
with first term
last term
common difference =
and number of terms =
so sum of all terms =
answer: a.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

We're adding all the multiples of 5 from 5 on up to 1255

We see that,
5 = 5*1
10 = 5*2
15 = 5*3
and so on, until,
1255 = 5*251 (note how 1255/5 = 251)

This shows we have 251 multiples of 5 being added up like so
5*1 + 5*2 + 5*3 + ... + 5*251

In which we can factor out the common 5's for each term (distributive property)

5*1 + 5*2 + 5*3 + ... + 5*251 = 5(1+2+3+...251)

The question is now: "What is the sum of the first 251 positive integers?" or "what is the sum of the positive integers from 1 to 251?"

The formula to answer this is
S = n*(n+1)/2
which finds the sum of integers from 1 to n

So,
1+2+3+...+n = n*(n+1)/2
1+2+3+...+251 = 251*(251+1)/2
1+2+3+...+251 = 251*126
1+2+3+...+251 = 31626

and,
5*1 + 5*2 + 5*3 + ... + 5*251 = 5(1+2+3+...251)
5*1 + 5*2 + 5*3 + ... + 5*251 = 5(31626)
5*1 + 5*2 + 5*3 + ... + 5*251 = 158130

You can use a free online tool such as Wolfram Alpha to help check we have the right answer

The input "Sum[5*n,n=1..251]" means we are summing terms of the form 5*n from n = 1 to n = 251. The fancy/weird looking "E" represents the greek letter sigma, to indicate a summation.

Another way to check is to add up each individual item in the series; though that is a tedious task which will take a lot of time. Not to mention there is a fairly high chance of user error. Luckily there are various programming and scripting languages to make the task much easier.

Answer: 158130 (choice A)

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