Use Aggregate selector to do the sum
using System; using System.Linq; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; class Program//from w w w.j a va2 s.co m { static void Main(string[] args) { IEnumerable<int> intSequence = Enumerable.Range(1, 10); // I'll just output the sequence so all can see it. foreach (int item in intSequence) Console.WriteLine(item); Console.WriteLine("--"); // Now calculate the sum and display it. int sum = intSequence.Aggregate(0, (s, i) => s + i); Console.WriteLine(sum); } }