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 because if she paid by the minute she'd be spending way over £10000!! She'd be spending around [at least] £20000 .
ReplyDeleteSorry miss Davies , i calculated incorrectly. Queen Ratticus spent roughly £10000,50,000 and 80 .
DeleteNo because nothing can be cheaper. In life nothing can be cheaper because that is the way of life. You can`t make anything cheaper except the person who works there. And it cost her £1,000,000.
ReplyDeletethe queen was wrong because on the 18 Th ring it cost her 131,072 pounds.
ReplyDeleteQueen Ratticus was wronge,she lost her money and could have saved.The Queen had to pay £5,191,168 and would have saved £4,191,168.
ReplyDeleteThe queen is wrong , it cost £48,575 more than million.
ReplyDeleteTotal Cost for 20 Rings = (2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2)-1=£1,048,575
ReplyDeleteIt costed the Queen £2.The queen was right.Yes the Queen saved money.
ReplyDeleteThe Queen was incorrect, because she would then be paying £48,575 extra.
ReplyDeleteIn total she would be spending 1,048,575 pounds.
No. The queen was wrong.
ReplyDeleteNo. The queen did not save money.
It cost her £1,048,575.
The queen paid £48,575 more.