2007-11-23 23:32:56 · 17 answers · asked by Jessica R 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Board Games
You have NOT made an error in your question. It is double the grains of rice from the previous square. (I didn't give him a 'thumbs down' !!!)
Answerer ONE is correct, the total grains is an astronomical number; 2 to the 64th power. (whoops, 63rd, plus one grain)
When the game of chess was first invented, supposedly in India, the inventor was asked to name his prize. He chose this prize (rice grains) knowing full well that the emperor / king whatever...could not deliver such a prize.
2007-11-23 23:44:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
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Put 1 rice grain on square 1 of a chess board. Double the grains on each successive square to square 64. How m
2015-08-14 10:08:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The last square will have 2^63 grains. (which is about 10^19).
The total grains on all squares will be 2^64-1. (almost twice the number of grains on the last square).
2007-11-24 03:36:12 · answer #3 · answered by xiaodao 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the 64th square of the chessboard there would be exactly 2 to the power of 63 = 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 grains of rice.
In total, on the entire chessboard there would be exactly 2 to the power of 64 − 1 = 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 grains of rice.
To put that in perspective, just the second half of the Chessboard would weigh 6 times the total Biomass of Earth.
2007-11-23 23:45:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
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2014-08-30 16:20:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This was the price the inventor of chess asked for his game of the emperor he showed it too. At the time it was more than the rice production of the whole world.
2007-11-23 23:45:21 · answer #7 · answered by john m 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2017-02-20 01:16:30 · answer #8 · answered by zook 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sum i=0 to 63 [2^i]
That's assuming you're asking for the total number of grains.
2007-11-23 23:38:40 · answer #9 · answered by ruthelicious 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
18,446,744,073,709,600,000
Total grains but you will have difficulty getting them on the board
2007-11-23 23:50:01 · answer #10 · answered by Grandad 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋