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Even at a young age Gauss stunned and amazed all who knew him, not only because of is astonishing intellect, but also because of his way of thought. At the age of 7 he entered elementary school and was quickly noted by his teachers. An exercise was presented to the class; each student had to find the sum of all the integers from 1-100. Every single kid struggled as they added each number in a piece of paper, except one. Less then 30 seconds after the exercise was assigned, Carl Friedrich handed his sheet with the answer; '5,050'. Astounded by the speed of the boy, Butnner (teacher) and his assistant Martin Bartels, were delighted to know that the little kid was able to find the answer simply by spotting that there were 50 different pairs, each with the sum of 101.
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