Addition Tricks (1)

Algebra Level 1

Determine the value of

1 + 9 + 18 + 3 + 5 + 2 + 17 + 15 + 2 + 8. 1+9+18+3+5+2+17+15+2+8.



The answer is 80.

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3 solutions

Ashish Menon
Apr 12, 2016

We intend to attack those numbers the sum of whose unit digits give 10.

We can write the expression given as
( 1 + 9 ) + ( 18 + 2 ) + ( 3 + 17 ) + ( 5 + 15 ) + ( 2 + 8 ) (1+9) + (18 + 2) + (3 + 17) + (5 + 15) + (2 +8)
= 10 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 10 10 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 10
= 80 \boxed{80}


Pham Khanh
Apr 17, 2016

1 + 9 + 18 + 3 + 5 + 2 + 17 + 15 + 2 + 8 \color{#D61F06}{1}+\color{#D61F06}{9}+\color{#3D99F6}{18}+\color{#20A900}{3}+\color{#E81990}{5}+\color{#3D99F6}{2}+\color{#20A900}{17}+\color{#E81990}{15}+\color{#EC7300}{2}+\color{#EC7300}{8} = 1 + 9 + 18 + 2 + 3 + 17 + 5 + 15 + 2 + 8 =\color{#D61F06}{1}+\color{#D61F06}{9}+\color{#3D99F6}{18}+\color{#3D99F6}{2}+\color{#20A900}{3}+\color{#20A900}{17}+\color{#E81990}{5}+\color{#E81990}{15}+\color{#EC7300}{2}+\color{#EC7300}{8} = 10 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 10 =\color{#D61F06}{10}+\color{#3D99F6}{20}+\color{#20A900}{20}+\color{#E81990}{20}+\color{#EC7300}{10} = 80 =\boxed{\color{#624F41}{80}}

Ishan Patra
Sep 6, 2019

simple and easy

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