The Wheat & Chessboard Story
The Checkerboard and Dollar Story
These numbers are reviewed and discussed on many pages throughout the website
The first row:
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64
- 128 (hundreds)
- 256 which is 28
The second row:
- 512 which is 29
- 1024 (thousands)
- 2048
- 4096
- 8192
- 16384
- 32768
- 65,536
The third row:
- 131,072 which is 217
- 262144
- 524,288
- 1,048,576 (millions)
- 2097152
- 4194304
- 8,388,608
- 16,777,216
The fourth row:
- 33,554,432 which is 225
- 67,108,864
- 134,217,728 (millions)
- 268,435,456
- 536,870,912
- 1,073,741,824 (billions)
- 2,147,483,648
- 4,294,967,296
The fifth row:
- 8,589,934,592 which is 233
- 17,179,869,184
- 34359738368
- 68719476736
- 137,438,953,472
- 274,877,906,944
- 549,755,813,888
- 1,099,511,627,776 (trillions)
The sixth row:
- 2,199,023,255,552 which is 241
- 4398046511104
- 8796093022208
- 17,592,186,044,416
- 35184372088832
- 70368744177664
- 140,737,488,355,328
- 281,474,976,710,656
The seventh row:
- 562,949,953,421,312 which is 249
- 1,125,899,906,842,624 (quadrillions)
- 2251799813685248
- 4503599627370496
- 9007199254740992
- 18,014,398,509,481,984
- 36028797018963968
- 72057594037927936
The eighth row:
- 144,115,188,075,855,872 which is 257
- 28823037615171174
- 576460752303423488
- 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 (quintillions)
- 2305843009213693952
- 4611686018427387904
- 9223372036854775808
- 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 which is 264