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can someone work this out for me ...

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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a chess board has 64 sqaures ...you put a penny on the first square ...2p on the next ...4p ...8p ...16p and so on. double the amount each time. how much is the grand total?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by bad seed
    lots.

    the same as a 64 bit number.

    1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
    seed ...what kind of answer is that! i need it in quids.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    £184,467,000,000,000,000
    roughly

    Same trick can be done with grains of sand.
    There isn't enough sand in the Sahara Desert to pull it off.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by bad seed
    18446744073709551615 pence

    or so says my calc...i'm not sure it liked all the numbers...

    £184467440737095516.15
    Woo!
    I got that number :D

    Or at least pretty close - same number of digits :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    the rason i had to ask was my calculator didn't seem to handle it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Personally I fired it through Excel...
    ...twice...

    ...it didn't like it the first time :(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Re: can someone work this out for me ...
    Originally posted by morrocan roll
    how much is the grand total?

    Why :confused:

    I didnt bother adding it up cos well I just didnt :lol:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    From Excel

    Shows how quickly it goes up

    1 2
    2 4
    3 8
    4 16
    5 32
    6 64
    7 128
    8 256
    9 512
    10 1024
    11 2048
    12 4096
    13 8192
    14 16384
    15 32768
    16 65536
    17 131072
    18 262144
    19 524288
    20 1048576
    21 2097152
    22 4194304
    23 8388608
    24 16777216
    25 33554432
    26 67108864
    27 134217728
    28 268435456
    29 536870912
    30 1073741824
    31 2147483648
    32 4294967296
    33 8589934592
    34 17179869184
    35 34359738368
    36 68719476736
    37 1.37439E+11
    38 2.74878E+11
    39 5.49756E+11
    40 1.09951E+12
    41 2.19902E+12
    42 4.39805E+12
    43 8.79609E+12
    44 1.75922E+13
    45 3.51844E+13
    46 7.03687E+13
    47 1.40737E+14
    48 2.81475E+14
    49 5.6295E+14
    50 1.1259E+15
    51 2.2518E+15
    52 4.5036E+15
    53 9.0072E+15
    54 1.80144E+16
    55 3.60288E+16
    56 7.20576E+16
    57 1.44115E+17
    58 2.8823E+17
    59 5.76461E+17
    60 1.15292E+18
    61 2.30584E+18
    62 4.61169E+18
    63 9.22337E+18
    64 1.84467E+19
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Bloody norah we got some brainy people here havent we :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by BeckyBoo
    Bloody norah we got some brainy people here havent we :D
    ok ...how many quids is it? is it actualy possible to work out pounds shillings and pence?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by morrocan roll
    ok ...how many quids is it? is it actualy possible to work out pounds shillings and pence?

    Your having a laugh asking me that :lol::lol:

    loadsa money....thats all I can tell ya :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Thats amazing. If you had 1p, then doubled it every day, you'd be a MILLIONAIRE in less than a month.

    (I learnt that from Star Trek, by the way.......)
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