Sum of the first 5004 square numbers

We define square numbers as numbers that when squared will equal a whole number. Thus, the list of the first square numbers starts with 1, 4, 9, 16, and so on.

What is the sum of the first 5004 square numbers, you ask? Here we will give you the formula to calculate the first 5004 square numbers and then we will show you how to calculate the first 5004 square numbers using the formula.

The formula to calculate the first n square numbers is displayed below:

		n(n + 1) × (2(n) + 1)
		6

To calculate the sum of the first 5004 square numbers, we enter n = 5004 into our formula to get this:

		5004(5004 + 1) × (2(5004) + 1)
		6

First, calculate each section of the numerator: 5004(5004 + 1) equals 25045020 and (2(5004) + 1) equals 10009. Therefore, the problem above becomes this:

		25045020 × 10009
		6

Next, we calculate 25045020 times 10009 which equals 250675605180. Now our problem looks like this:

		250675605180
		6

Finally, divide the numerator by the denominator to get our answer:

250675605180 ÷ 6 = 41779267530

There you go. The sum of the first 5004 square numbers is 41779267530.

You may also be interested to know that if you list the first 5004 square numbers 1, 2, 9, etc., the 5004th square number is 25040016.

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