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Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777 -
1855) is one of the world's most famous mathematicians.
This story has been flying around for
years... who knows if it's really true or not!?
Gauss was about 9 years old --
already a super genius (much like Wile E. Coyote.) His teacher hated math and hated Gauss
(because he was so smart).
As usual, the teacher walked into
the class and gave them a horribly tedious arithmetic problem.
They were to work on it and not bother him.
Here was the day's problem:
Add
the integers from
1
to
100.
They got out their
slate boards and chalk and started hammering away!
The teacher quickly
noticed that Gauss was not writing -- HA! He had him now!
"CARL! Why
aren't you working?!"
"Because I already
know the answer."
"Oh? You're so
smart -- why don't you share your answer with the class?"
"It's
5050."
"#*@#&*!"
It was true.
Gauss had figured it out... In his head... At 9 years
old... Do you hate him too?
Want to know how he
did it? It's a trick!
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