Problem 889

Daily Math Challenge - March 07, 2023



The famous mathematician Gauss is credited with deriving a formula for determining the sum of the first n counting numbers. Find the positive difference between the sum of all of the positive even integers numbers and the positive odd integers numbers less than 1001?

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