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wheat and chessboard problem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables
wheat and chess-board- prob-lem
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A mathematical problem where one must determine the number of grains of wheat that are situated on a chessboard, assuming one grain of wheat is placed on the first square, and each subsequent square having twice as many grains of wheat as the previous square.

Synonyms

rice and chessboard problem

Questions

What does wheat and chessboard problem mean?
A mathematical problem where one must determine the number of grains of wheat that are situated on a chessboard, assuming one grain of wheat is placed on the first square, and each subsequent square having twice as many grains of wheat as the previous square.

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