SUMMATION ‘n’ (6n), 6n2 and 6n3
CLASS 4: NUMBER SYSTEM
Summation ‘n’ (6n), 6n2 and 6n3
1. Sum of first ‘n’ natural numbers is denoted by
n( n 1)
6n 1 2 3 } n
2
5u6
Example, 65 1 2 3 4 5 15.
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2. Sum of the squares of the first ‘n’ natural numbers is denoted by
n(n 1)(2n 1)
6n 2 12 22 32 } n 2
6
5 u 6 u 11
Example, 652 12 22 32 42 52 55.
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3. Sum of the cubes of the first ‘n’ natural numbers is denoted by
2
ª n( n 1) º
6n 3 13 23 33 } n3 ( 6n )2 « »
¬ 2 ¼
2
3 3 3 3 3 3 2 ª5 u 6 º
Example, 65 1 2 3 4 5 ( 6n ) « 2 » 152 225.
¬ ¼
Practice Questions
1. If natural number are arranged row-wise in the following manner, what will be last term of 10th row
(R10) ?
R1 = 1
R2 = 2, 3
R3 = 4, 5, 6
R4 = 7, 8, 9, 10
2. Consider the sequence of ordered sets of natural numbers: [1], [2, 3], [4, 5, 6], … What is the last
number in the 10th set ?
3. What will be 200th term of the given sequence 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, … ?
4. What will be the 250th term of the given sequence a, b, b, c, c, c, d, d, d, d, …. ?
5. In the series AABABCABCDABCDE…, which letter appears at the 100th place ?
(a) G (b) H
(c) I (d) J [CSAT 2022]
6. The sum of first ‘n’ natural numbers with one of them missed is 42. What is the number that was
missed ?
7. One page is torn from a booklet whose pages are numbered in the usual manner starting from the
first page as 1. The sum of the numbers on the remaining pages is 195. The torn page contains
which of the following numbers ?
(a) 5, 6 (b) 7, 8
(c) 9, 10 (d) 11, 12 [CSAT 2020]
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8. What is the total number of digits printed, if a book containing 150 pages is to be numbered from
1 to 150 ?
(a) 262 (b) 342
(c) 360 (d) 450 [CSAT 2017]
9. How many key strokes are needed to type from 1 to 500 in a computer screen ?
10. The number of digits you have to type to write all the page numbers of a book starting from
1 (first page) is 2019. What is the number of pages in that book ?
11. A printer numbers the pages of a book starting with 1 and uses 3089 digits in all. How many
pages does the book have ?
(a) 1040 (b) 1048
(c) 1049 (d) 1050 [CSAT 2019]
12. What is the 489th digit in the number 123456789101112 … ?
(a) 0 (b) 3
(c) 6 (d) 9 [CSAT 2025]
13. What is the middle term of the sequence
Z, Z, Y, Y, Y, X, X, X, X, W, W, W, W, W, …, A ?
(a) H (b) I
(c) J (d) M [CSAT 2023]
14. What is the sum of all digits which appear in all the integers from 10 to 100 ?
(a) 855 (b) 856
(c) 910 (d) 911 [CSAT 2023]
15. 40 children are standing in a circle and one of them (say child-1) has a ring. The ring is passed
clockwise. Child-1 passes on to child-2, child-2 passes on to child-4, child-4 passes on to child-7 and
so on. After how many such changes (including child-1) will the ring be in the hands of child-1
again ?
(a) 14 (b) 15
(c) 16 (d) 17 [CSAT 2023]
16. How many numbers from 5-5000 are there, which are the perfect square as well as the perfect
cube ?
(a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 17 [UPSC IES 2016]
17. What is the sum of the first 28 terms in the following sequence ?
1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 5, 4, 3, 2, …
(a) 83 (b) 84
(c) 85 (d) 86 [CSAT 2024]
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Sum of first ‘n’ odd natural numbers = n2 :
For example,
1 + 3 + 5 = 9 = 32
1 + 3 + 5 + 7 = 16 = 42
1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 = 25 = 52
18. What is the value of (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + … + 4033) + 7983 × 2017 ?
(a) 20170000 (b) 20172017
(c) 20171720 (d) 20172020
19. On January 1st, 2023, a person saved Rs. 1. On January 2nd 2023, he saved Rs. 2 more than that
on the previous day. On January 3rd, 2023, he saved Rs. 2 more than that on the previous day
and so on. At the end of which date was his total savings a perfect square as well a perfect cube ?
(a) 7th January, 2023 (b) 8th January, 2023
(c) 9th January, 2023 (d) Not possible [CSAT 2024]
