if i have a chess board and i put 2 grains of rice on the first square ,then squared this number for the total of the next square and repeat this for the entire chess board, will i have enough grains of rice to cover the world?
2007-01-05 13:34:34 · 18 answers · asked by Statto 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
you get 36893488147419103232 grains of rice
and i worked out that with long grain rice you would need about 40805248000000000000 grains of rice
you would need 3911759852580896768 more grains of rice to cover the total surface of earth
i have way to much time on my hands
2007-01-05 13:49:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
no but you'd probably have enough to cover the board, which is what you initially set out to do...or unless you meant you're squaring the actual "square'" number so you put 1 grain on all preceding squares... but the answer's still no cause one grain wouldn't cover the whole world....??? well i tried :D
2007-01-05 22:36:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. you would have enough rice to cover the chess board or feed a family of four
2007-01-05 21:39:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2007-01-05 21:39:35 · answer #4 · answered by spils 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At least we know someone else was watching the Royal Institute Christmas Lectures. It was a good one this year.
xxB
2007-01-06 04:16:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Waht
2007-01-05 22:16:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you would have pretty close. I read a book about this in 6th grade.
2007-01-05 22:09:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no u already wasted ur only 2, well the only 2 u mentioned having
2007-01-05 21:36:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That takes a lot of working out, but, no.
2007-01-06 06:23:37 · answer #9 · answered by Kizzy_ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very close probably a little over
2007-01-05 22:21:44 · answer #10 · answered by ♥(~~**~~)♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋