#include<iostream>
#include<cstdio>
#include<cmath>
#include<cstring>
using namespace std;
int n,f[300][300];
int s[300];
int main()
{
int x,i;
scanf("%d",&n);
for( i=1;i<=n;i++){
scanf("%d",&x);
s[i]=s[i-1]+x;
}
memset(f,127/3,sizeof(f));
for(i=1;i<=n;i++) f[i][i]=0;
for(int len=2;len<=n;len++)
for( i=1;i<=n-len+1;i++)
{
int j=i+len-1;
for (int k=i;k<=j-1;k++)
if(f[i][j]>f[i][k]+f[k+1][j]+s[j]-s[i-1])
f[i][j]=f[i][k]+f[k+1][j]+s[j]-s[i-1];
}
printf("%d\n",f[1][n]);
return 0;
}
//四边形优化
#include<iostream>
#include<cstdio>
#include<cmath>
#include<cstring>
using namespace std;
int n,f[300][300];
int s[300];
int p[300][300];
int main()
{
int x,i;
scanf("%d",&n);
for( i=1;i<=n;i++){
scanf("%d",&x);
s[i]=s[i-1]+x;
}
memset(f,127/3,sizeof(f));
for(i=1;i<=n;i++) f[i][i]=0,p[i][i]=i;
for(int len=2;len<=n;len++)
for( i=1;i<=n-len+1;i++)
{
int j=i+len-1;
for (int k=p[i][j-1];k<=p[i+1][j];k++)
if (f[i][j]>f[i][k]+f[k+1][j]+s[j]-s[i-1])
f[i][j]=f[i][k]+f[k+1][j]+s[j]-s[i-1],p[i][j]=k;
}
printf("%d\n",f[1][n]);
return 0;
}