The Wheat & Chessboard Story
The Checkerboard and Dollar Story

These numbers are reviewed and discussed on many pages throughout the website

The first row:

1. 2
2. 4
3. 8
4. 16
5. 32
6. 64
7. 128 (hundreds)
8. 256  which is   2⁸

The second row:

1. 512 which is   2⁹
2. 1024 (thousands)
3. 2048
4. 4096
5. 8192
6. 16384
7. 32768
8. 65,536

The third row:

1. 131,072 which is   2¹⁷
2. 262144
3. 524,288
4. 1,048,576   (millions)
5. 2097152
6. 4194304
7. 8,388,608
8. 16,777,216

The fourth row:

1. 33,554,432 which is  2²⁵
2. 67,108,864
3. 134,217,728 (millions)
4. 268,435,456
5. 536,870,912
6. 1,073,741,824 (billions)
7. 2,147,483,648
8. 4,294,967,296

The fifth row:

1. 8,589,934,592  which is 2³³
2. 17,179,869,184
3. 34359738368
4. 68719476736
5. 137,438,953,472
6. 274,877,906,944
7. 549,755,813,888
8. 1,099,511,627,776  (trillions)

The sixth row:

1. 2,199,023,255,552 which is 2⁴¹
2. 43980465111044
3. 8796093022208
4. 17,592,186,044,416
5. 35184372088832
6. 70368744177664
7. 140,737,488,355,328
8. 281,474,976,710,656

The seventh row:

1. 562,949,953,421,312  which is 2⁴⁹
2. 1,125,899,906,842,624 (quadrillions)
3. 2251799813685248
4. 4503599627370496
5. 9007199254740992
6. 18,014,398,509,481,984
7. 36028797018963968
8. 72057594037927936

The eighth row:

1. 144,115,188,075,855,872 which is 2⁵⁷
2. 28823037615171174
3. 576460752303423488
4. 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 (quintillions)
5. 2305843009213693952
6. 4611686018427387904
7. 9223372036854775808
8. 18,446,744,073,709,551,616  which is 2⁶⁴

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