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Daily JavaScript Challenge #JS-200: Calculate Sum of Multiples of Three and Five

Daily JavaScript Challenge: Calculate Sum of Multiples of Three and Five

Hey fellow developers! 👋 Welcome to today's JavaScript coding challenge. Let's keep those programming skills sharp!

The Challenge

Difficulty: Easy

Topic: Mathematics

Description

Write a function to calculate the sum of all numbers below a given number 'n' that are multiples of 3 or 5. For instance, if the input is 10, the numbers that are multiples of 3 or 5 below 10 are 3, 5, 6, and 9. The function should return the sum of these numbers, which is 23.

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  2. Write your solution
  3. Test it against the provided test cases
  4. Share your approach in the comments below!

Want to Learn More?

Check out the documentation about this topic here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Arithmetic_Operators

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Nevo David

Pretty cool challenge- gives me a solid reason to code instead of just scrolling around. I like these.

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Nathan Tarbert

Nice, always down for one of these classic problems. Good way to stay sharp.

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