Project Euler Problem 10 - Sum of primes < 2mil /*The sum of the primes below 10 is 2 + 3 + 5 + 7 = 17.

Find the sum of all the primes below two million.
*/
#include &lt;iostream&gt;
#include &lt;vector&gt;

using namespace std;

int main(){
//We will be storing the primes as bool in a vector.
    vector&lt;bool&gt;primes(2000000,true);


// This is the Sieve of Eratosthenes. It is not perfect, but It solve's the problem.

    primes[1] = false;
    for(int a = 2; a*a &lt; primes.size(); ++a){
        if(primes[a]==true){
            for(int b = 0; a*a+b*a &lt; primes.size(); ++b){
                    primes[a*a+b*a] = false;
            }
        }
    }
//This simply add's all the prime numbers
    long long total = 0;
    for(int c = 1; c &lt; primes.size(); c++){
        if(primes[c] == true)
            total +=c;
    }
    std::cout &lt;&lt; total;

return 0;
}


This works well. I'm trying to improve my C++ and was wondering if there is a way to improve on it. I'm just learning, and would welcome any advice.
I have several things to add onto @rolfl's great advice:


Since you have a container of bools, which doesn't store the actual primes, consider renaming primes to is_prime or something similar.  This sounds more conditional and makes more sense with the type of values being stored.
I might still assign the 2000000 to a constant to make this more understandable for users without the full documentation (someone might otherwise think that there should be 2M primes, looking at the vector's name).  It would also help in case you'll need this number elsewhere.

You could have something like this (feel free to use a better name):

const int maxNumbers = 2000000;

std::vector&lt;bool&gt; primes(maxNumbers, true);

You can leave out the true from your if statements:

This

if(primes[a]==true)


is the same as

if(primes[a])


If you were to do something with false, you would use !:

if(!primes[a])

You're hard-coding a*a+b*a in some places, and it's not quite clear what this computation corresponds to (especially with your single-character variable names).

You could assign it to a local variable and use it where it's needed.  To keep it within a close scope (it's only needed within a small space), initialize it within the loop.
Some of your comments seem noisy/useless:

// We will be storing the primes as bool in a vector.


The "we" sounds like you're demonstrating this code for a tutorial or such, and this doesn't appear to be the intent.  Just a simple "this does..." or "this is..." will do.

Other than that, the entire comment is not helpful.  It's clear that it's an std::vector of bools that stores primes.  There's no need to state the obvious; the code speaks for itself.

// This is the Sieve of Eratosthenes. It is not perfect, but It solve's the problem.


The second sentence is just noisy and adds nothing of value; just remove it.  The first sentence, however, is okay because it's not entirely obvious that this is the Sieve.