# Formula for # of Gnomes Killed in Gnome Event **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\ **Created:** [July 16, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/formula-for-of-gnomes-killed-in-gnome-event/70983 "2021-07-16T17:33:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![igniteice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/igniteice/32/67904_2.png) [@igniteice](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/igniteice)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/formula-for-of-gnomes-killed-in-gnome-event/70983/1 "2021-07-16T17:33:28Z")
Someone math smart out there must be able to come up with an easy formula for adding up how many gnomes have been killed given two numbers: current number of gnomes killed, and total number of gnomes needed to be killed. For instance: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/3/d/3da2bb2944667826ac89c8a3df827b0555d99010.jpeg) This means I’ve killed 21 + 205 + 200 + 195 + 190 … etc. which gives a total of 4326 (thanks for correction Grundulum!). So the formula would be like… X + (N - 5) + (N - 10) + (N - 15) and so on, where N is the last goal completed (in this case, 205). ---
**Author:** ![Grundulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/formula-for-of-gnomes-killed-in-gnome-event/70983/2 "2021-07-16T17:48:54Z")
(Current progress) + (Current goal to kill)\*(Previous goal to kill)/10 So for you, it’s 21 + (210)\*(205)/10 = 4326. ~~Not 4296, unless I’ve made a mistake. 😉~~ ---
**Author:** ![KYLENATOR001](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kylenator001/32/33983_2.png) [@KYLENATOR001](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KYLENATOR001)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/formula-for-of-gnomes-killed-in-gnome-event/70983/3 "2021-07-16T17:53:16Z")
Please tell me this counts as a polygnomial equation. ---
**Author:** ![terberos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/terberos/32/68944_2.png) [@terberos](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/terberos)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/formula-for-of-gnomes-killed-in-gnome-event/70983/4 "2021-07-16T18:02:27Z")
@Grundulum Thank you! I suck at math and was out of fingers after the first eight gnomes… no… ten! ---
**Author:** ![igniteice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/igniteice/32/67904_2.png) [@igniteice](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/igniteice)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/formula-for-of-gnomes-killed-in-gnome-event/70983/5 "2021-07-16T18:28:53Z")
Oh you’re right – I had an error in my spreadsheet! Okay, thanks! That formulas work! Why is it divided by ten? ---
**Author:** ![Grundulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/formula-for-of-gnomes-killed-in-gnome-event/70983/6 "2021-07-16T19:32:04Z")
> [@igniteice](#): > > Why is it divided by ten? You mean besides the obvious “so the math works out”? 😛 The formula for the sum of the first N numbers is N\*(N+1)/2. But our count increases by 5 rather than 1, so multiply by 5. Since we want to use the gnome tracker numbers rather than mentally dividing by 5 each time, multiply N and N+1 by 5 each. Then we need to divide by 5 twice so that we haven’t changed the formula. Thus 5/(2\*5\*5), or 1/10. ---
**Author:** ![HounganAtLarge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/hounganatlarge/32/28697_2.png) [@HounganAtLarge](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/HounganAtLarge)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/formula-for-of-gnomes-killed-in-gnome-event/70983/7 "2021-07-16T21:22:39Z")
Thanks for this. I’ll probably never use after this weekend, but thanks anyway 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Snooj](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/snooj/32/65852_2.png) [@Snooj](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Snooj)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/formula-for-of-gnomes-killed-in-gnome-event/70983/8 "2021-07-17T01:17:47Z")
> [@Grundulum](#): > > (Current progress) + (Current goal to kill)\*(Previous goal to kill)/10 Much thanks for the math @Grundulum! For those like me who keep forgetting that the goal increases by five each time (… right?): (Current progress) + [(Current goal to kill)^2 - 5(Current goal to kill)]/10 Now using variables, where p = current progress g = current goal to kill p + (g^2 - 5g)/10 ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/formula-for-of-gnomes-killed-in-gnome-event/70983/9 "2021-07-17T02:46:40Z")
Apparently I killed 13,559 gnomes yesterday. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Rockwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@Rockwell](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rockwell)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 10:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/formula-for-of-gnomes-killed-in-gnome-event/70983/10 "2021-07-17T10:25:46Z")
> [@Fleg](#): > > Apparently I killed 13,559 gnomes yesterday. Murderer!! - The Gnome Liberation Front ---
**Author:** ![CobraMJD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/cobramjd/32/63115_2.png) [@CobraMJD](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/CobraMJD)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/formula-for-of-gnomes-killed-in-gnome-event/70983/11 "2021-07-17T11:13:12Z")
That’s why I can’t find them anymore, you genocide! ---
**Author:** ![cestro919](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/cestro919/32/69659_2.png) [@cestro919](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/cestro919)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/formula-for-of-gnomes-killed-in-gnome-event/70983/12 "2021-07-18T05:01:46Z")
🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣!!!