Create lists like this: g = {1, 2, 3, 4} h = {10, 20, 30, 40} Then you can sum like this: Sum[g[[i]] h[[i]], {i, Length[g]}] or more nicely (Mathematica does element-wise operations automatically where applicable): Total[g*h] Additional question 1) You can use this feature to easily calculate a new list with the results, without using indices: f = (g h)/Total[g h] {1/30, 2/15, 3/10, 8/15} If you want to use indices anyway, you can do it with `Table`: f1 = Table[ (g[[k]] h[[k]])/Sum[g[[i]] h[[i]], {i, Length[g]}], {k, Length[g]}] Additional question 2) A blue variable means it is unbound to a value. The variable will be used as a symbol instead. Teal color means it is bound to a value via an enclosing function. In your example, `Sum` binds `i` to a value it fills in. A black variable has a globally assigned value.