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How many squares on a chessboard?
Clue 1
1 x 1 = 64
2 x 2 = 49
3 x 3 = 36
4 x 4 = 25
5 x 5 = 16
6 x 6 = 9
7 x 7 = 4
8 x 8 = 1
12 + 22 + 32 + 42 + 52 + 62 + 72 + 82 = 204
204
There isn’t a clue 2.
You may be familiar with the formula that adds up successive whole numbers.
There is also a formula for adding successive square numbers.
2 2 ( 1)(2 1) (1 )
6n n n
Sum n
2 2 8 9 17 (1 8 ) 204
6x x
Sum
Research a formula that adds up successive cube numbers.
Check that it works for the chessboard problem.
How is it
Derived?.
( 1) (1 )
2n n
Sum n
How is it
Derived?.
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