What is the sum of the first 1000 even integers? Is there a formula you can use to find the sum of the first n even integers? Explain why or why not.
(Source: Adapted from Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, Jan 1998)
Find a way to sum a set of even integers.
What is the sum of the first 1000 even integers? Is there a formula you can use to find the sum of the first n even integers? Explain why or why not.
(Source: Adapted from Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, Jan 1998)