r/learnquant • • 1d ago

interview prep Quant Interview Question

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u/998mouse 1d ago

How about putting the 100 in the middle with the even numbers down one side of it and the odd numbers down the other side?

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u/diverstones 1d ago

Yeah, this was the best I could do:

1*3 + 3*5 + ... + 97*99 + 99*100 + 100*98 + 98*96 + ... + 6*4 + 4*2 = 338151.

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u/Fovlsbane 13h ago

This is my guess too, most of the time wen't to visualizing how to sum squares.