Repeated digit arithmetic

Algebra Level 1

Evaluate

11 + 22 + 33 + 44 + 55 + 66 + 77 + 88 + 99 11 . \frac{ 11 + 22 + 33 + 44 + 55 + 66 + 77 + 88 + 99 } { 11 }.


The answer is 45.

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7 solutions

Dave Jones
Mar 22, 2015

All numbers are multiples of eleven. Divide them individually to get 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9 If you cannot work it out from there, then I look forward to seeing you in McDonald's

Arron Kau Staff
May 13, 2014

Since every term in the numerator is a multiple of 11, we can break up the numerator into its separate components, and then divide by 11. We get

11 + 22 + 33 + 44 + 55 + 66 + 77 + 88 + 99 11 = 11 11 + 22 11 + 33 11 + 44 11 + 55 11 + 66 11 + 77 11 + 88 11 + 99 11 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 45. \begin{aligned} \frac{ 11 + 22 + 33 + 44 + 55 + 66 + 77 + 88 + 99 } { 11 } & = \frac{11}{11} + \frac{22}{11} + \frac{33}{11} + \frac{44}{11} + \frac{55}{11} + \frac{66}{11} + \frac{77}{11} + \frac{88}{11} + \frac{99}{11} \\ & = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 \\ & = 45. \\ \end{aligned}

1+2+3+4+5+6+7 does not equal 45

Dave Jones - 6 years, 2 months ago
Syed Hamza Khalid
Apr 22, 2017

Divide each number by 11 and then add them up to get

= 45 =45

Chander Singh
Apr 4, 2015

Take common 11 from numerator. Then cancel out 11 from numerator and denominator. Then add the remaining numbers in numerator. You got the answer.

Abhilash Gopal
Dec 9, 2014

Take 11 out as the common factor. We are left with 1+2+...+9. Use the formula for sigma n = n * (n+1)/2 where n = 9.

Nikhil Kumar
Nov 16, 2014

Taking 11 as common and dividing with 11 below. Then add remaining.

Tiandre Cleveland
Sep 24, 2014

11=87=99-99=84--2=3

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