A number theory problem by Mardokay Mosazghi

What is the difference between the sum of the first 2015 even counting numbers and the sum of the first 2015 odd counting numbers?


The answer is 2015.

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3 solutions

Ronak Agarwal
Jun 6, 2014

The series is actually (2-1)+(3-2)+(4-3)+(5-4)+........2015 terms .Clearly the answer is 2015

The difference between n number of even and odd terms is n.

Revant Chopra - 7 years ago
Mardokay Mosazghi
May 31, 2014

sum of even numbers- sum of odd numbers. So is sum of even is = n 2 + n n^{2}+n

Sum odd numbers= n 2 . n^{2}.

So plug 2015 for n,

= ( 201 5 2 + 2015 ) ( 201 5 2 ) (2015^{2}+2015)-(2015^{2}) = 2015 2015 2015 \Rightarrow \boxed{\mathrm\ 2015} .

Hey, what about 0 as the first even number?

Chhaya Tyagi - 6 years, 11 months ago

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Chhaya, Even 'counting' numbers does not include 0.

Ishan Shah - 6 years, 11 months ago
Satyam Mohla
Jun 26, 2014

Sum=(2-1)+(4-3)+(6-5)+++++++++

Every pair will leave one, there are 2015 pairs

so ans is 2015!

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