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The sum of the first 100 numbers is 5050.

There is a formula to do this, which was discovered by Carl F Gauss.

S = ( N * ( N +1 ) ) / 2

so in this case:

S = (100 * 101) / 2

S = 10100 / 2

S = 5050

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