{"id":33,"date":"2018-06-04T05:09:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T23:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pynative.com\/?p=33"},"modified":"2021-06-16T18:43:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T13:13:27","slug":"python-program-to-calculate-sum-and-average-of-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pynative.com\/python-program-to-calculate-sum-and-average-of-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Python program to calculate sum and average of first n natural numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this lesson, you will learn how to calculate the sum and average of the first n natural <a href=\"https:\/\/pynative.com\/python-numbers\/\">numbers<\/a> in Python.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, you will get to know how to calculate the addition and average of user-entered numbers, list of numbers. And the use of built-in function <code>sum()<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tutorials is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/pynative.com\/python\/basics\/\">Python Basics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-sum-and-average-of-first-n-natural-numbers\" data-level=\"2\">Sum and average of first n natural numbers<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#h-use-built-in-function-sum\" data-level=\"3\">Use built-in function sum()<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-sum-and-average-of-a-list\" data-level=\"2\">Sum and average of a list<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-sum-and-average-using-a-mathematical-formula\" data-level=\"2\">Sum and average using a mathematical formula<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-sum-and-average-of-multiple-user-entered-numbers\" data-level=\"2\">Sum and average of multiple user-entered numbers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-while-loop-to-calculate-sum-and-average\" data-level=\"2\">While loop to calculate sum and average<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-practice-problem-add-two-matrices-in-python\" data-level=\"2\">Practice Problem: Add two matrices in Python<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#h-solution\" data-level=\"3\">Solution<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-next-steps\" data-level=\"2\">Next steps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sum-and-average-of-first-n-natural-numbers\">Sum and average of first n natural numbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-how-to wp-block-yoast-how-to-block\"><p class=\"schema-how-to-description\">Sum and average of <code>n<\/code> numbers in Python<\/p> <ol class=\"schema-how-to-steps\"><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1613216471450\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Accept the number n from a user<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Use <a href=\"https:\/\/pynative.com\/python-input-function-get-user-input\/\">input() function<\/a> to accept integer number from a user.<\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1613216717127\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Run a loop till the entered number<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Next, run a <a href=\"https:\/\/pynative.com\/python-for-loop\/\">for loop<\/a> till the entered number using the <code><a href=\"https:\/\/pynative.com\/python-range-function\/\">range()<\/a><\/code> function. In each iteration, we will get the next number till the loop reaches the last number, i.e., <code>n<\/code>.<\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1613216996121\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Calculate the sum<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">In each iteration, keep adding the current number into the sum variable to calculate the addition. Use a formula <code>sum = sum + current number<\/code>.<\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1613217125510\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Calculate the average<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">At last, after the loop ends, calculate the average using a formula  <code>average = sum \/ n<\/code>. Here, The <code>n<\/code> is a number entered by the user.<\/p> <\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Program<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code1\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">n = int(input(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Enter number\"<\/span>))\nsum = <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># loop from 1 to n<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> num <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> range(<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>, n + <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>):\n    sum = sum + num\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Sum of first \"<\/span>, n, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"numbers is: \"<\/span>, sum)\naverage = sum \/ n\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Average of \"<\/span>, n, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"numbers is: \"<\/span>, average)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code1', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code1');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Output\n\nEnter number 10\nSum of first  10 numbers is:  55\nAverage of  10 numbers is:  5.5<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-use-built-in-function-sum\">Use built-in function sum()<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also take the advantage of built-in function <code>sum()<\/code> to calculate the sum of an iterable like range and list.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code2\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">n = <span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>\nres = sum(range(<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>, n + <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>))\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Sum of first \"<\/span>, n, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"numbers is: \"<\/span>, res)\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output Sum of first  10 numbers is:  55<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code2', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code2');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sum-and-average-of-a-list\">Sum and average of a list<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the below steps to calculate the sum and average of numbers present in the given <a href=\"https:\/\/pynative.com\/python-lists\/\">list<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Iterate a Python list using a <code>for<\/code> loop and add each number to a sum variable.<\/li><li>To calculate the average, divide the sum by the length of a given list (total numbers in a list)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code3\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\"># list with int and floats<\/span>\nnum_list = &#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">20.5<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">30<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">45.5<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">50<\/span>]\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Approach 1 using built-in function sum<\/span>\nres = sum(num_list)\navg = res \/ len(num_list)\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"sum is: \"<\/span>, res, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Average is: \"<\/span>, avg)\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output sum is:  156.0 Average is:  31.2<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Approach 2 using a for loop<\/span>\nres1 = <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> num <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> num_list:\n    res1 += num\navg1 = res1 \/ len(num_list)\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"sum is: \"<\/span>, res1, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Average is: \"<\/span>, avg1)\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output sum is:  156.0 Average is:  31.2<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code3', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code3');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sum-and-average-using-a-mathematical-formula\">Sum and average using a mathematical formula<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the above programs, we calculated the sum and average using the looping technique. Now, let&#8217;s see how to calculate the sum and average directly using a mathematical formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assume <code>n<\/code> is a number<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The sum of the first n natural number = <strong><code>n * (n+1) \/ 2<\/code><\/strong><\/li><li>the average of first n natural number = <strong><code>(n * (n+1) \/ 2) \/ n<\/code><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code4\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">n = <span class=\"hljs-number\">20<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># formula to calculate sum<\/span>\nres = n * (n + <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>) \/ <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'sum of first'<\/span>, n, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'numbers is:'<\/span>, res)\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output sum of first 20 numbers is: 210.0<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># formula to calculate average<\/span>\naverage = (n * (n + <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>) \/ <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>) \/ n\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Average of first'<\/span>, n, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'numbers is:'<\/span>, average)\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output Average of 20 numbers is: 10.5<\/span>\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code4', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code4');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sum-and-average-of-multiple-user-entered-numbers\">Sum and average of multiple user-entered numbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to calculate the sum and percentage of multiple user-entered numbers, please refer to the following program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/pynative.com\/python-accept-list-input-from-user\/\">how to accept list of numbers as a input in Python<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code5\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">input_string = input(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Enter numbers separated by space '<\/span>)\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\\n\"<\/span>)\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Take input numbers into list<\/span>\nnumbers = input_string.split()\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># convert each item to int type<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> i <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> range(len(numbers)):\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># convert each item to int type<\/span>\n    numbers&#91;i] = int(numbers&#91;i])\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Calculating the sum and average<\/span>\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Sum = \"<\/span>, sum(numbers))\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Average = \"<\/span>, sum(numbers) \/ len(numbers))\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-5\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code5', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code5');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Output<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Enter numbers separated by space 10 20 30 40 50\n\nSum =  150\nAverage =  30.0<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-while-loop-to-calculate-sum-and-average\">While loop to calculate sum and average<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use the Python <a href=\"https:\/\/pynative.com\/python-while-loop\/\">while loop<\/a> to calculate the sum and average of n numbers. Follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Decide the value of <code>n<\/code>.<\/li><li>Run a <code>while<\/code> loop till n is greater than zero.<\/li><li>In each iteration, add the current value of <code>n<\/code> to the sum variable and decrement <code>n<\/code> by 1.<\/li><li>Calculates the average by dividing the sum by <code>n<\/code> (total numbers).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code6\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-6\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">n = <span class=\"hljs-number\">20<\/span>\ntotal_numbers = n\nsum = <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">while<\/span> n &gt;= <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>:\n    sum += n\n    n -= <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"sum =\"<\/span>, sum)\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output sum = 210<\/span>\n\naverage = sum \/ total_numbers\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Average = \"<\/span>, average)\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Output Average =  10.5<\/span>\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-6\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code6', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code6');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-practice-problem-add-two-matrices-in-python\">Practice Problem: Add two matrices in Python<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code7\"  id=\"norun\" class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-7\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">matrixOne = &#91;&#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">6<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">9<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">11<\/span>],\n    &#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span> ,<span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">8<\/span>]]\n\nmatrixTwo = &#91;&#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">15<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">18<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">11<\/span>],\n    &#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">26<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">16<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">19<\/span>]]\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Result shoud be<\/span>\nresult = &#91;&#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>],\n         &#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>]]<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-7\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code7', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-solution\"><strong>Solution<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"hljstoolbar\"><pre id=\"code8\"  class=\"wp-block-code language-python\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-8\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">matrixOne = &#91;&#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">6<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">9<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">11<\/span>],\n    &#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span> ,<span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">8<\/span>]]\n\nmatrixTwo = &#91;&#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">15<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">18<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">11<\/span>],\n    &#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">26<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">16<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">19<\/span>]]\n\nresult = &#91;&#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>],\n         &#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>]]\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># First iterate rows<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> i <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> range(len(matrixOne)):\n   <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Second iterate columns<\/span>\n   <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> j <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> range(len(matrixOne&#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>])):\n       result&#91;i]&#91;j] = matrixOne&#91;i]&#91;j] + matrixTwo&#91;i]&#91;j]\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Addition of two Matrix In Python\"<\/span>)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> res <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> result:\n   print(res)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-8\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre><button class=\"hljs-copy-button\" onclick=\"copy_code('code8', this);\"><i class=\"far fa-copy1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button><button class=\"hljs-run-button\" onclick=\"run_code('code8');\"><i class=\"far fa-play-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Run<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" 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