Puzzle Time
20 Golden rings
King Ratticus was coming up to his 20 th birthday. He decided
he wanted a special treat so he called for Goldie, his
goldsmith, who could make anything out of gold.
"Goldie, I want you to make me 20 gold rings, one for each
year of my life, and one for each finger and toe. Oh, and by
the way, see Queen Ratticus for payment."
Goldie went away and made the 20 gold rings. He then went
to see the Queen for payment.
"Well, Goldie, they are excellent, but how much will they
cost?" asked the Queen.
"My dear Queen, they are not cheap!" said Goldie, "they are
one million pounds in all….or you could pay £1 for the first
ring, £2 for the second, £4 for the third, £8 for the fourth
and so on, doubling the cost for each ring."
" I can't afford a million pounds," said the queen, "so I will
pay by the second way, it will be much cheaper!"
Was she right ?
Did she save money or
not?
How much did it cost
her?
The Queen was wrong it was more money .
ReplyDeleteShe did not save eney money.
It cost the Queen 4,177,920
She was not right it would be cheaper to pay 100,000 pounds.
ReplyDeleteShe did not save many at all!
It costed all together 524288
Mr Goldie is a very clever business man, as he already knows that doubling the figure will eventually give him extra money, i have worked out a total of £1.048,575 which means that Mr Goldie has tricked the Queen into paying an extra £48,575 .... Naughty man...
ReplyDeleteShe was right, she did save money, 100,0000 pounds
ReplyDeleteThe queen is right because in my prediction the number that it is , is less than million.
ReplyDeleteyes she saved money and she paid only this much..£.752,775.
She was wrong, she didn't save money, 1048576
ReplyDeleteThe Queen was right. She did save her money. She paid £866,286 in total.
ReplyDeleteThe second payment is cheaper because the money adds up to £524288 which is less than £1,000,000. The queen was right.
ReplyDelete1-£1
ReplyDelete2-£2
3-£4
4-£8
5-£16
6-£32
7-£64
8-£128
9-£256
10-£512
11-£1024
12-£2048
13-£4096
14-£8192
15-£16384
16-£32768
17-£65536
18-£131072
19-£262144
20-£524288
The queen was wrong because she did not save money and the rings cost £1048575
The queen was right she did save money she saved £21,506
ReplyDeleteAnd she spent £978,484
This is very intresting everyone's awnsers are different I real want to find out the real awnser
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