1) 2+5+10+...

+(n¿¿ 2+1)¿
n
=∑ (r ¿¿ 2+1)¿
r=1

2) 1 ×2+2 ×3+3 × 4+ …+(n−2)(n−1)

n
=∑ (n−1)(n−2)
r=3

3) Summation of Odd numbers:

n n −1
=∑ (2 r−1) OR ∑ (2 r +1)
r=1 r=0

= 1+3+5+ …+(2 n−1)

4) The Sum of 1 n times formulae:

n n

∑ 1=n ∑ k=nk [Not in Formula Booklet]

r=1 r=1

Eg.
Evaluate the following:
n

∑1
r =4
n 3
= ∑ 1−∑ 1
r=1 r =1

= n−3
5) The summation of the first n natural numbers (Starting from 1):
n
n( n+1)
∑ 2
[Not in Formula Booklet]
r=1

Note: This formula can only be used when starting from r=1 (First natural number must be 1)
Proof of the formula: [Not Required]
n

∑ r=1+2+3+…+ ( n−2 ) +( n−1 ) +n

r=1

∑ r=n+( n−1 ) +( n−2 ) +…+3+2+1

r=1

Adding the two,

n
=> 2∑ r=( n+1 ) + ( n+ 1 )+ ( n+1 )+ …+(n+1)+ ( n+1 )+(n+ 1)
r=1

n
=> 2 ∑ r=n(n+1)
r =1

n
n(n+1)
=>∑ r= (Proved)
r=1 2

Eg.
 2 n−1
Evaluate the following: Show that ∑ r=2 n2 −n−10 , n ≥ 3
r =5
100 2 n−1 4

∑r ¿ ∑ r−∑ r
r=50 r =1 r=1

100 49
(2 n−1)(2 n)
¿ ∑ r −∑ r ¿ −10
r =1 r =1 2
100(101) 49( 50)
¿ − ¿ 2 n2−n−10 (Shown)
2 2
¿ 1225

Splitting up summation of number in linear equations:

n n n

∑ (ar +b)=a ∑ r +b ∑ 1
r=1 r =1 r=1

an(n+1)
¿ + bn
2
Eg.
n n n

∑ 3 r + 6=3 ∑ r +6 ∑ 1
r=1 r=1 r=1

∑ r 3=13 +23 +33 +…+n 3= 14 n2 (n+1)2 [In Formula Booklet]

r=1

n n
2
∑ r 3=(∑ r) [Not necessary]
r=1 r=1

1 2
As, ( 2 n ( n+1 ) ¿ ¿
2
1
=( 4 n2 ( n+1 )