Pyramid Investigations 3 – High Rise Pyramid Number

Algebra Level 1

Evaluate:

1 + 2 + 3 + + 8 + 9 + 8 + + 3 + 2 + 1. 1 + 2 + 3 + \dots + 8 + 9 + 8 + \dots + 3 + 2 + 1.

This problem is part of the Pyramid Investigations Set .


The answer is 81.

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31 solutions

Prasun Biswas
Mar 30, 2014

Refer to the solution of this problem which suggests that 1 + 2 + 3 + . . + ( n 1 ) + n + ( n 1 ) + . . . + 3 + 2 + 1 = n 2 1+2+3+..+(n-1)+n+(n-1)+...+3+2+1=n^2 .

Using this fact, we can solve the problem easily like this ---->

1 + 2 + 3 + . . . . . . + 8 + 9 + 8 + . . . . . + 3 + 2 + 1 = 9 2 = 81 1+2+3+......+8+9+8+.....+3+2+1=9^2=\boxed{81}

I have another way to answer many types of this equation. Do you want to show more?

Dang Anh Tu - 7 years, 2 months ago

well just count the no. levels of the pyramid(n) and total no. of balls of the pryamid would be (n^2) ; here total no. of levels are 9. Therefore total no. of balls of pyramid would be 9^2 i.e. 81.

Nikhil Beniwal - 7 years, 2 months ago

Square of the middle no. ----9 so 9^{2} =81

Zane West - 7 years, 1 month ago

good

Shyamaprasad Basu - 7 years, 2 months ago

the pyramid have nine lines so 9*9=81

Don Billa - 7 years, 2 months ago

81

Lathikesh Vtk - 7 years, 2 months ago

81 is correct

Mihadi Trias - 7 years, 2 months ago

If you add 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=81

Jasveen Sandral - 7 years, 2 months ago

81

Arkajit Pal Choudhury - 7 years, 2 months ago

to count the balls is more easy than this equation

Muskan Raj - 7 years, 2 months ago

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So funny!

Raiyun Razeen - 7 years, 2 months ago

1+3+5+7+9+11+13+15+17=81

Ahmed Ashour - 7 years, 1 month ago

u can also apply the fornula Sn = [ n ( 2a + (n-1)*d ) ] /2 .

Gaurav Rawat - 7 years, 1 month ago
John Aries Sarza
May 24, 2014

n 2 = 9 2 = 81 { n }^{ 2 } ={ 9 }^{ 2 }=81

Ka Kei Yeung
Mar 29, 2014

let N be the maximum integer, this problem has a closed form solution of N^2

{2 8 (8+1)/2 }+ 9

Manjurul Ahsan - 7 years, 2 months ago

Count total rows (n) and no. of balls will be n^2

ranjana gupta - 7 years, 2 months ago
Abhishek Agrawal
Mar 31, 2014

always mid term square is there here 9 so 81

81

Himanshu Joshi - 7 years, 2 months ago

Always adapt technical points to have more fun.........!

Waqas Javaid - 7 years ago
Read Investmtu
Mar 30, 2014

Easy!2(1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8)+9=2(36)+9=72+9=81

Here, n^2 is sum for all this pattern.

So 9^2=81 and mid point have 9 circle.

Joshua Mitchell
Jun 10, 2015

Count. XD Are you proud of me?

Chu Ling Gan
May 19, 2015

9+2(8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1)

Vijay Kumar
Apr 27, 2014

1+2+3+......+8+9+8+.....+2+1 =2(1+2+3....+8)+9 =2 8 9/2+9 =81

Avijit Hazra
Apr 17, 2014

1+2+3+4+. . . . . +n=n*(n+1)/2

Joyce Almendrala
Apr 16, 2014

Just count the number of circles on the middle of the pyramid. Then raise it to 2: 9^2=81 So the answer is 81.

Puttu Kulkarni
Apr 13, 2014

9 lines .So 9 square= 81

except 9 other numbers in the given sequence are given twice so 1 2+2 2+3 2+.........8 2+9=81

Martin Raj Kumar
Apr 6, 2014

8x9/2+9=9(8+1)=81

James Hirow
Apr 6, 2014

Level one => { 9 }^{ 2 }=81

Vaishnavi Gupta
Apr 5, 2014

Sum of Natural numbers till n= n(n+1)/2.
Therefore, here, you use the above formula twice, with n=8 and then add 9 to it:
2{ 8(8+1)/2 } +9 = 81

81

Sadaf Feroz - 7 years, 2 months ago
Oliver Daniel
Apr 4, 2014

I just squared the 9 in the pyramid - the largest number. The other pyramids are also similar.

Clay Young
Apr 3, 2014

I think I'm catching on...81. Where does algebra come in?

Aqib Yousaf
Apr 3, 2014

according to previous questions we learn that the series first increase then decrease when series increase and reached at maxium value after reaching maxium value he decrease simply you just take square of maxium value and in this way we get ans!!

Henrique Ribeiro
Apr 3, 2014

One solution to solve this problem is that each row has a pattern (X - 2). Example: 17 + 15 (17 - 2 = 15) + 13 (15 - 2 = 13) + 11 (13 - 2 = 11) + 9 (11 - 2 = 9) + 7 (9 - 2 = 7) + 5 (7 - 2 = 5) + 3 (5 - 2 = 3) + 1 (3 - 2 = 1) = 81

Dang Anh Tu
Apr 3, 2014

Notice that: 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n = n (n+1)/2
Back to our equation: 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 8 + 9 + 8 + ... + 3 + 2 + 1 = 2
(1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 8 + 9) - 9 = 9 * (9 + 1) - 9 = 9 * 9 = 81

Jagan Mohan Rao
Apr 3, 2014

The series can be rearranged as follows: (1+8) +(2+7 )+(3+6) +( 4+5)+(5+4)+ (6+3)+(7+2)+ (8+1)+(9) = 9x9=81

Christine Teng
Apr 3, 2014

Add the numbers, starting from the bottom. As it started off with 17, it is evident that every time it moves up an roll, the number you add on decreases by 2. Continue on 'til you reach 1(the top). 17+15+13+11+9+7+5+3+1=81 Simple and stupid, yes, but the must mundane way of calculating this sum is probably this...

Palwasha Rauf
Apr 3, 2014

since we know that 1+2+3....+n+...+3+2+1= n^2 where n= no. of rows and we have 9 rows so 1+2+3...+8+9+8....+3+2+1= 9^2 = 81

Abid Ali
Apr 2, 2014

9^2=81

Shailesh Patel
Apr 2, 2014

last integer numbers square is the answer that is 81

Krishna Garg
Apr 2, 2014

Sum of !to 9 is 45, then sum of 8 to 1 is 36 ,thus total is 81 Ans

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Chen Yuan
Apr 1, 2014

9^2=81

Anzar Aznzar
Mar 29, 2014

maximum Integer = x the sum = x² = 9² = 81

Afzal Sajid
Mar 29, 2014

the formula of this question is n^2, so 9^9=81

Bhavesh Bhagde
Mar 29, 2014

9^2=81

(8(8+1)/2)*2+9=81 P.S==8 can be replaced by n and 9 by n+1 for a general solution

Archies Dubey - 7 years, 2 months ago

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