What is the average of the first 1996 natural numbers?

The average of the first 1996 natural numbers

Here we will define and show you the formula and the math to calculate the average of the first 1996 natural numbers.

The first 1996 natural numbers are the whole numbers (integers) that start with 1 and end with 1996. To make a list of the first 1996 natural numbers, you simply count up to 1996.

To get the average of those 1996 numbers, you add them up and then divide the sum by 1996. We created a formula that can calculate the average of any sequence of natural numbers starting with 1. Here is the formula to calculate the average (avg) of the first n natural numbers:

avg = ((n × (n + 1)) ÷ 2) ÷ n

When we enter n = 1996 in our formula, we get the average of the first 1996 natural numbers. Here is the math and the answer:

avg = ((n × (n + 1)) ÷ 2) ÷ n
avg = ((1996 × (1996 + 1)) ÷ 2) ÷ 1996
avg = ((1996 × 1997) ÷ 2) ÷ 1996
avg = (3986012 ÷ 2) ÷ 1996
avg = 1993006 ÷ 1996
average = 998.5

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