What is the law of one plus one plus two plus one hundred? I know I said it in the previous paper, but I forgot that I couldn't find it, Why divide by two?

What is the law of one plus one plus two plus one hundred? I know I said it in the previous paper, but I forgot that I couldn't find it, Why divide by two?

1+2+3..+100
=(1+100)+(2+99)..(50+51)
=101*50
=5050
Summation formula
(first item + last item) * number of items / 2
First term (first number) = 1
Last term (last number) = 100
Number of items (number) = 100
So (1 + 100) * 100 / 2 = 5050