The Pennies That Reach Higher Than The Sun

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murderousmaths

murderousmaths

4 жыл бұрын

Take a chess board and put one penny on the first square. Put two pennies on the next, then four pennies on the next, then eight pennies so the number of pennies on each square keeps doubling. What happens on square 64?
This is a modern re-working of the old legend involving rice grains on a chess board. The answer is AWESOME!

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@BeasleyStreet
@BeasleyStreet Жыл бұрын
Just spent a few minutes explaining this to my 17yo son, who wasn't having it, until his own medium...KZfaq came to the rescue...many thanks
@murderousmaths
@murderousmaths Жыл бұрын
That's excellent to hear! I'm glad it helped. Thanks for letting me know 😊
@user-ls1ug1fn4b
@user-ls1ug1fn4b 3 жыл бұрын
I'll have to introduce this video to two of my friends, and tell them to introduce this video to their two other friends!
@murderousmaths
@murderousmaths 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent! We'll soon have 9,233,372,036,864,775,808 views!
@eliubfj
@eliubfj 2 жыл бұрын
fun and informative video many thanks!
@user-fd5ih6te9b
@user-fd5ih6te9b 4 жыл бұрын
Hey, just wanted to say I'm glad you're back! Hope we get more videos a bit sooner than ~1.5 years from now!
@murderousmaths
@murderousmaths 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I only do vids when I get ideas, but I hadn't realised 2019 had been and gone without doing a single one.
@peterjohnjoseph
@peterjohnjoseph 2 жыл бұрын
You are a national treasure.
@CecilleCK63
@CecilleCK63 4 жыл бұрын
Good!!! I love your books!
@viscountrainbows6452
@viscountrainbows6452 3 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the parable in a fantasy story when I was a kid. The king in the story was like "hah, foolish girl only wants pennies! She won't make a dent in my treasury!" Get to square 14 and he already schweatin
@rachelspartacus9293
@rachelspartacus9293 2 жыл бұрын
"The game swept through the dwarfish world, and was very popular. Hugen, being well pleased, asked Morose what he wanted as a reward. The inventor is on record as saying: "If it please you, your majesty, I ask for nothing more than that you should place one plk [a small gold piece then in general circulation] on the first square, two on the second, four on the third and so on until the board is filled." The king agreed to this because, after all, it doesn't sound very much, and he had gold brought from the treasury. However, it soon became clear that what Morose had asked for was, in fact, all the gold in the universe. 'This,' as TP notes, 'presented a problem for the king, who had given his word, but he solved it by producing his axe and ordering two of his servants to drag Morose over to the window, where the light was better. At this point Morose hastily amended his request to "as much gold as he could carry", whereupon Hugen agreed and merely had one of his arms broken. "For," he said, "all should know that while Hnaflbaflsniflwhifltafl teaches preparedness, strategy, boldness and quick thinking, it is also important to know when not be too drhg'hgin clever by half."'
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