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In the video below, Alison works out \sum_{i=1}^{10} i.
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How could you adapt this method to work out the following sums?
After how many terms would 17+21+25+\dots be greater than 1000?
Can you find the sum of all the integers less than 1000 which are not divisible by 2 or 3?
Can you find a set of consecutive positive integers whose sum is 32?
Find S_r = 1^r + 2^r + 3^r + ... + n^r where r is any fixed positive integer in terms of S_1, S_2, ... S_{r-1}.
Make a conjecture about the sum of the squares of the odd positive integers. Can you prove it?