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Riddle me this! Riddle me that?
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?
18 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
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
Source(s): i did the math - Anonymous1 decade ago
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
- Anonymous1 decade ago
no. you would have enough rice to cover the chess board or feed a family of four
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
At least we know someone else was watching the Royal Institute Christmas Lectures. It was a good one this year.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Waht
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I think you would have pretty close. I read a book about this in 6th grade.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
no u already wasted ur only 2, well the only 2 u mentioned having
