Question

A king in ancient times agreed to reward the inventor of chess with one grain of wheat on the first of the 64 squares of a chess board. on the second square the king would place two grains of​ wheat, on the third​ square, four grains of​ wheat, and on the fourth square eight grains of wheat. if the amount of wheat is doubled in this way on each of the remaining​ squares, how many grains of wheat should be placed on square 16​? also find the total number of grains of wheat on the board at this time and their total weight in pounds.​ (assume that each grain of wheat weighs​ 1/7000 pound.)

Answer 1

grains = 32768 total= 65535
and then divide 65535/7000= 9.36 if you have to round then it will be 9.4

Answer 2

grains = 32768 total= 65535

and then divide 65535/7000= 9.36 if you have to round then it will be 9.4