Sum of first n natural numbers - Derivation of a formula

Derivation of the formula in a way which is easy to understand. It will also help student to remember the formula easily. This is the foundation for next few videos on Arithmetic progression. This will also help u in solving mental ability problems asked in various competitive exams. This Method of addition is also useful in finding the sum of various Number patterns and Puzzles.
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  • @marklee1194
    @marklee11948 жыл бұрын

    I find that when I first studied Sequences and Series in high school, all my teacher did was gave the class the formula saying "this is what it is, now deal with it." That is an extremely corrupt way to teach mathematics. Again, thank you for the explanation.

  • @MrRayrenz
    @MrRayrenz4 жыл бұрын

    proving how a formula was derived is really important for a greater understanding and it will stick to your memory pretty well because there's a connection and not just some singular information.

  • @koshedekhi-6471

    @koshedekhi-6471

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah that's why I prefer first understanding the derivation of a formula rather than mindlessly roting it

  • @adenosinetp10
    @adenosinetp102 жыл бұрын

    In the odd n sum of natural numbers part, You can derive to n(n+1)/2 by (n-1)(n+1)/2 + (n+1)/2 where, (n-1)/2 is the no.of groups (n+1) is the sum of each group (n+1)/2 is that number without a group. SImplifying the above equation gives, = (n+1)(n-1+1) / 2 = (n+1)n/2 = n(n+1)/2

  • @rauljg143
    @rauljg143 Жыл бұрын

    That's the best explanation I've ever seen of this concept, all in ~8 minutes. thank you.

  • @kennethmorford9621
    @kennethmorford96212 жыл бұрын

    You explain things so thoroughly and take time to make me understand! Thank you!

  • @ACPJonnalagadda
    @ACPJonnalagadda6 жыл бұрын

    I started browsing to explain the concept for the formula, for my grade 6 child. Though we did all this back in India while in school, I din't remember the reasoning. Amazing explanation.

  • @starhawk3466

    @starhawk3466

    6 жыл бұрын

    Chandana Jonnalagadda maybe we just didn't explored the fact that how did this formula is derived?....cause our teachers did not try to explain the formula?

  • @hyderbaduser5140
    @hyderbaduser51409 жыл бұрын

    I love the way it's explained. Well done. Thank you very much.

  • @vikas9881
    @vikas988110 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much mam for this wonderful explanation

  • @MathsSmart

    @MathsSmart

    10 жыл бұрын

    You are most welcome

  • @KaranSingh-hb1lo

    @KaranSingh-hb1lo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Namaste

  • @feanor607
    @feanor60710 жыл бұрын

    Excellent explanation - Thank you!

  • @james1984n
    @james1984n7 жыл бұрын

    Pretty cool explanation! Had confusion when n is odd and you cleared it! Thank you.

  • @firaswaffle

    @firaswaffle

    Жыл бұрын

    Like 9= to 10*((n/2)+0.5)

  • @codex_js962
    @codex_js9622 жыл бұрын

    Short, simple and clear explanation, thank you very much!👍

  • @josephdemarse5180
    @josephdemarse51805 жыл бұрын

    A very clever proof. Great explanation!

  • @LalitMohanSingh0
    @LalitMohanSingh06 жыл бұрын

    Is this trick applicable for whole numbers also.

  • @Shahbaz_Sayyed
    @Shahbaz_Sayyed4 жыл бұрын

    Loved the way you explained it... thanks a lot!

  • @specialpuri8911
    @specialpuri89114 жыл бұрын

    How is the number of groups n/2 ??

  • @Jason-si4oj
    @Jason-si4oj7 жыл бұрын

    Saved my life !!!! THANK YOU!!!

  • @nisargakamble6048
    @nisargakamble60484 жыл бұрын

    Very clear explanation and I would like to give thumbs up 👍

  • @SirusDas
    @SirusDas6 жыл бұрын

    Thank You for this video and you have a beautiful voice!

  • @cleiven3533
    @cleiven35335 жыл бұрын

    Excellent explanation. Thank you!

  • @tebatsoshabalala3702
    @tebatsoshabalala37022 жыл бұрын

    even a grade 1 learner can understand this....it was easy and clear

  • @madladdie7069
    @madladdie70692 жыл бұрын

    Great explanation. If there's anything to criticise it would be the part for n being odd. Deriving the equation there too would have been better than simply showing that the formula used for even n would work.

  • @vivekkumaryadav6282
    @vivekkumaryadav62826 жыл бұрын

    Awesome ma'am's Please keep up it

  • @aryensujjan
    @aryensujjan8 жыл бұрын

    Thankyou very much such a wonderful explanation

  • @somashindiclasses5463
    @somashindiclasses54637 жыл бұрын

    very nice explanations and highly clear voice. thanks madam

  • @kamalaravi5299
    @kamalaravi52993 жыл бұрын

    Very nice explanation Now my doubts are cleared 😍😍😍

  • @senyotsedze3388
    @senyotsedze33887 жыл бұрын

    why n-2, n-1, n when you started by adding. in this example. I want to find two. I got 1 already so 1 is my n. going by that formular, n-1 which is 1 - 2, I should get -1 and not 2. the second will be 0 (1-1) is 0 and not the subsequent number. and finally, how is n/2 gotten from. is it because, you are grouping in twos. all will be cleared if this confusions are addressed. Thanks

  • @TatianaRacheva
    @TatianaRacheva2 жыл бұрын

    My 12-year-old really liked your explanation. Thank you

  • @vlogofDREAM
    @vlogofDREAM7 ай бұрын

    Now I am thinking that my teacher was not a student like me😎

  • @smithcodes1243
    @smithcodes12433 жыл бұрын

    An eye opener, thank you !

  • @azanshaikh7825
    @azanshaikh7825 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing. Thank you so much. I'm a college student using this to understand something from an algorithms lecture lol.

  • @vidhiruparelia2491
    @vidhiruparelia24913 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much!!! ❣❣this really made it easier to understand!

  • @lifewithgeeta562
    @lifewithgeeta5623 ай бұрын

    10 years later..helpful 😭♥️

  • @jyotimertia1194
    @jyotimertia11945 жыл бұрын

    Mam at the palace of find the sum if at the place of sum there is find the mean than what formula we will aply

  • @CammandoAlone

    @CammandoAlone

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jyoti Mertia where r u from mam

  • @Cartoon_Nations
    @Cartoon_Nations5 жыл бұрын

    Wow thats great, today i get to know from where this n came from, in my school my maths teacher just force us to remember this fomula and done.

  • @breakingmuse-bleedslow9251
    @breakingmuse-bleedslow9251 Жыл бұрын

    Where was this teacher , why didn't youtube suggest me this video earlier

  • @dipto9543
    @dipto95437 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot, really appreciate it

  • @chandugamers974
    @chandugamers9743 жыл бұрын

    Ma'am your explanation is very very very excellent 👍 thanks 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 😊

  • @DesertCentipede
    @DesertCentipedeАй бұрын

    your explanation was awesome , its just i got bit confused around odd sum.

  • @rajeshk4974
    @rajeshk49746 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video mam ..... Awesome ...😇😇😇

  • @leegend2111
    @leegend21112 жыл бұрын

    Mind blow! Thank you ma'am

  • @dharanilikhitha2648
    @dharanilikhitha26486 жыл бұрын

    thanks for your teaching now I know about maths

  • @pratapmistry7659
    @pratapmistry7659 Жыл бұрын

    3.38 so, u r writing 1,2,3,4,5 in incresing order then why are u writing (n-1) , (n-2),(n-3) at the ending side.why -sign is there?

  • @mr.curious1714
    @mr.curious17143 жыл бұрын

    Very Nice Explanation. And also I loved your voice 😍😍😍

  • @khannastudypoint7300
    @khannastudypoint73002 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the lovely explanation

  • @mahisofi315
    @mahisofi3155 жыл бұрын

    Very good explanation thank-you

  • @sandstorm1136
    @sandstorm11367 жыл бұрын

    nice video. one small question: what if the series starts from a number other than 1, is there a formula for it? eg: 35+36+37+38...100

  • @neerajgupta7532

    @neerajgupta7532

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yes. These type of series are called Arithmetic Progressions or AP. In this particular case that you have discussed, the common difference (d) i.e. the difference of a term and the previous term is always 1. Hence, this is an AP d = 1. If S is the sum of an AP, then S = (n/2)*(2a + (n-1)d) where a = first term of the series and n = number of terms in the series. In the case that you have discussed, a=35, d=1 and n=66. Put these values in the formula above and you will get sum of the series S = 4455. Another formula to calculate sum S of an AP = (n/2)*(first term + last term). Hope this helps!

  • @KomalSingh-tn9oe
    @KomalSingh-tn9oe5 жыл бұрын

    How no of group will be n/2

  • @narmadapradhan1610
    @narmadapradhan16103 жыл бұрын

    Thank you... Very much...

  • @v2sirchemistry645
    @v2sirchemistry6457 жыл бұрын

    how to find 6 digit number in 501 to 700

  • @sivasudharshan5444
    @sivasudharshan54445 жыл бұрын

    Excellent explanation

  • @user-cn7zx2fw2i
    @user-cn7zx2fw2i4 ай бұрын

    I am watching this after 10 year

  • @newname958
    @newname9585 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mam. It was clear

  • @Mateus-vj6fy
    @Mateus-vj6fy3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you from Brazil :)

  • @Ritheshhcyy
    @Ritheshhcyy2 жыл бұрын

    it can be derived using Sn=n[2a+(n-1)d]/2 put a=1,d=1 Sn=n[2+n-1]/2 Sn=n[n+1]/2😊

  • @ravivraviv5394
    @ravivraviv53945 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for solutions from this life is easy

  • @shaanshazahan8684
    @shaanshazahan86847 жыл бұрын

    thats great...thanx...

  • @dragonbeast6337
    @dragonbeast6337 Жыл бұрын

    This formula is pretty much gauss theory where you have to do 1st term + last term x (number of terms divided by 2.)

  • @satyanarayanagodishala736
    @satyanarayanagodishala7362 жыл бұрын

    Hi Dear, super your explanation

  • @Gyankaarii
    @Gyankaarii4 жыл бұрын

    I love this formulation 😍😍😍

  • @adnanfarooque
    @adnanfarooque6 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant 😍

  • @praveenpranavi2213
    @praveenpranavi2213 Жыл бұрын

    I am watching this after 9 years of upload

  • @nitinchoudhary3418
    @nitinchoudhary34188 жыл бұрын

    its very simple way thanks mam

  • @robinsingh4492
    @robinsingh44924 жыл бұрын

    wowwwwwwwww amazing explanation thanks.

  • @user-yj2yl4je1b
    @user-yj2yl4je1b4 жыл бұрын

    😊😉🤩 good explanation tank u so much

  • @tanmaysisodia7650
    @tanmaysisodia76506 жыл бұрын

    Nice one...

  • @ahsan.webdev
    @ahsan.webdev2 жыл бұрын

    Great Explanation

  • @shoub69
    @shoub693 жыл бұрын

    I am watching this after 6 years😂🤣

  • @achu8478

    @achu8478

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also me

  • @sukhanthsd5348

    @sukhanthsd5348

    3 жыл бұрын

    after 7 years, oldest video of all time

  • @krishnabhatt2422

    @krishnabhatt2422

    3 жыл бұрын

    I am after 7😂😂

  • @shoub69

    @shoub69

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@krishnabhatt2422 🤣

  • @samarpreetsingh3695

    @samarpreetsingh3695

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me after 7

  • @VinayKumar-cm2nn
    @VinayKumar-cm2nn4 ай бұрын

    Thank you as budding programmer

  • @nikhilnikki9627
    @nikhilnikki96272 жыл бұрын

    What if there 5 numbers like 12345 how can you group

  • @vickysinha1348
    @vickysinha13483 жыл бұрын

    2020 anyone 😁

  • @sangeethsunil6823

    @sangeethsunil6823

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bro 2021

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    @ushasureshns100

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bro 2021😁

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    @MATRIX-nu7wv

    3 жыл бұрын

    2022

  • @mayankraj3914
    @mayankraj39143 жыл бұрын

    Your voice is so nice .

  • @shrabanishreyapadhi1186
    @shrabanishreyapadhi11863 жыл бұрын

    Mam...i have a question...mam why are we doing the grouping part?

  • @shrabanishreyapadhi1186

    @shrabanishreyapadhi1186

    3 жыл бұрын

    And what is the n?

  • @silentspring6196
    @silentspring61965 жыл бұрын

    I still don't get the last where you explained that for the odd number n is also using the same formula because the middle term is exactly half of n. What does that mean? In the video, n is 5 right so then it will be 5/2 = 2.5 which is not 3.

  • @MathsSmart

    @MathsSmart

    5 жыл бұрын

    (1+ 5)/2 = 3 each group has sum = 6 and the middle term is exactly equal to the half of the sum of each group. only when n is odd.

  • @nirmalsethi5524
    @nirmalsethi55246 жыл бұрын

    Thank you mam...

  • @Shivam-of3jf
    @Shivam-of3jf Жыл бұрын

    I am watching this video after 9 yrs

  • @technicaltalk360
    @technicaltalk3602 жыл бұрын

    I watched 2 minutes after that I come to know it's mathematical class I was searching this for my python class

  • @moti4888
    @moti4888 Жыл бұрын

    I am watching this video after 9 years

  • @-TranSyChuong
    @-TranSyChuong2 жыл бұрын

    Your lecture is very good but i have a question. What if your n is an odd number. Then do you round up the number of groups?

  • @-TranSyChuong

    @-TranSyChuong

    2 жыл бұрын

    or add 0 before 1?

  • @gauravpatil4758
    @gauravpatil4758 Жыл бұрын

    thank you very much mam helpful video

  • @footrical
    @footrical11 ай бұрын

    Iam watching this after 9 years

  • @seemachanu8795
    @seemachanu87954 жыл бұрын

    1+9,2+8,3+7,4+6,+10+5=55

  • @abduljabbarrabiu5088
    @abduljabbarrabiu50886 ай бұрын

    God bless you

  • @U_nknown829
    @U_nknown829 Жыл бұрын

    I watched it after 9years

  • @reena622-m9d
    @reena622-m9d Жыл бұрын

    I am watching this after 9 years

  • @10-binthisha.k-75
    @10-binthisha.k-753 жыл бұрын

    Tnku mam give this interesting clss

  • @buzzsir5310
    @buzzsir53102 жыл бұрын

    Ohh I'm watching it after 8yrs

  • @poriborton2133
    @poriborton2133 Жыл бұрын

    I am watching around aftet 10 years I am search on Google and he suggested this video

  • @arshadpakful
    @arshadpakful3 жыл бұрын

    you are very nice and respected madam

  • @sonalkumari9106
    @sonalkumari91066 жыл бұрын

    Thank you mam.

  • @kanisettysrikanth412

    @kanisettysrikanth412

    5 жыл бұрын

    hi

  • @CammandoAlone

    @CammandoAlone

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sonal kumari hii

  • @saminasiddiqui9986
    @saminasiddiqui99863 жыл бұрын

    Great help

  • @nuurxasan9123
    @nuurxasan91234 жыл бұрын

    Please solve this question: A father is old twice of his son's age if the sum of their is 47 and the diffrent is 31. How old are the father and the son?

  • @priyankayadav7036
    @priyankayadav70364 жыл бұрын

    Wow....thanku so much mam....iss sawal kaa Javan hi khoj rhe the...jab ye formula dekhte toh sochte ye kaise aaya....aaj concept clear ho gyaa...thanks a lot 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @mcjgenius
    @mcjgenius3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much, 😁

  • @gamingdon495
    @gamingdon4952 жыл бұрын

    I'm watching this after 8 years 😂😂😀

  • @maitreyagunjal121
    @maitreyagunjal1214 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot mam

  • @sonalkumari9106
    @sonalkumari91066 жыл бұрын

    Awesome explanation mam.

  • @CammandoAlone

    @CammandoAlone

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sonal kumari hii

  • @arremangamelpicoapeos9853
    @arremangamelpicoapeos98533 жыл бұрын

    I just did it in a different way, I don't know if it's valid or not. I started by adding them in terms of 1s. So for n=1, it's just 1, or n For n=2, it's 1 + (1+1) , or n + (n-1). For n=3, it's 1+ (1+1) + (1+1+1), or n+(n-1)+(n-2). For n=4, it's 1+(1+1)+(1+1+1)+(1+1+1+1), or n+(n-1)+(n-2)+(n-3) Now we have for n=2, 2n-1 n=3, 3n-3 n=4, 4n-6 n=5, 5n-10 Now we factorize by the number multiplying n. n=2, 2(n-1/2) n=3, 3(n-1) n=4, 4(n-3/2) n=5, 5(n-2) Now, we add what's inside the parenthesis n=2, 2((2n-1)/2) n=3, 3((2n-2)/2) n=4, 4((2n-3)/2) n=5, 5((2n-4)/2) Then, we notice that the number that's substracting, is (n-1) for each case. (ie. for n=3, 2 is (n-1)) n=2, 2((2n-(n-1))/2) n=3, 3((2n-(n-1))/2) n=4, 4((2n-(n-1))/2) n=5, 5((2n-(n-1))/2) Then, we notice that the factor is also nothing else but n. n=2, n((2n-(n-1))/2) n=3, n((2n-(n-1))/2) n=4, n((2n-(n-1))/2) n=5, n((2n-(n-1))/2) Then we have the same formula for every case (that's the part where I'm not sure if it's a valid demonstration. Maybe I should use induction). So we develop the formula. n((2n-n+1)/2)) n(n+1)/2

  • @bijuct74
    @bijuct744 жыл бұрын

    Super Teaching

  • @dushyantbaghel6221
    @dushyantbaghel62214 жыл бұрын

    a/a=1 ....eqn 1 but if a=0 then put ineqn1 what ❓will be answer

  • @annurajawat9181
    @annurajawat91815 жыл бұрын

    thank u madam