How many pennies fit on a chessboard if you doubled each square?

Subject: How many pennies fit on a chessboard if you doubled each square?

Date: Wed Apr 25 14:56:53 2001
Posted by Scott
Grade level: nonaligned School: none
City: Nashville State/Province: TN Country: USA
Area of science: Other
ID: 988225013.Ot

Message:


If you put one penny on the first square of a chess board, then two pennies on 
the next, then four...etc., doubling the amount of pennies until each square on 
the chess board was filled, how much money would you have?

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