100 Square problem

Hi, I'm wondering if someone can help with a problem I have.

If you have a hundred square, 10x10 with numbers 1 - 10 in the first row etc., and you have 2x2, 3x3 squares etc. starting from 1 (top left), is there an equatuion for working out the sum total of the numbers within the square, so I could work out the total of the numbers within an nxn square?

Thanks in advance.

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Originally Posted by Cornopolis

Hi, I'm wondering if someone can help with a problem I have.

If you have a hundred square, 10x10 with numbers 1 - 10 in the first row etc., and you have 2x2, 3x3 squares etc. starting from 1 (top left), is there an equatuion for working out the sum total of the numbers within the square, so I could work out the total of the numbers within an nxn square?

Thanks in advance.

On row 1, the sum is:
$1+2+..+n=\tfrac12n(n+1)$

On row 2:
$(10+1)+(10+2)+...+(10+n) = 10n + \tfrac12n(n+1)$

On row 3:
$(2\times10+1)+(2\times10+2)+...+(2\times10+n) = 2\times10n + \tfrac12n(n+1)$

...

On row $n$ :
$([n-1]\times10+1)+([n-1]\times10+2)+...+([n-1]\times10+n) = [n-1]\times10n + \tfrac12n(n+1)$

So the total is:
$(0+1+ 2 + [n-1])10n+n\times\tfrac12n(n+1)$
$=\tfrac12(n-1)n\times10n +\tfrac12n^2(n+1)$

$=\tfrac12n^2(10n-10+n+1)$

$=\tfrac12n^2(11n-9)$

Grandad

Solved

Brilliant, thanks very much.