joshua is raising fruit flies for science project at the begining of the first day he had 4fruit flies his fruit flies double in number each day how many fruit flies does he have at the end of three days
End of 1st day: 4 * 2 = 8
End of 2nd day: 8 * 2 = 16
End of 3rd day: 16 * 2 = ?
is it 32?
To find out how many fruit flies Joshua has at the end of three days, let's break it down step by step:
On the first day, Joshua starts with 4 fruit flies.
On the second day, the number of fruit flies doubles. So, we need to multiply the previous day's count by 2.
4 flies on the first day × 2 = 8 flies on the second day.
On the third day, the number of fruit flies doubles again.
8 flies on the second day × 2 = 16 flies on the third day.
Therefore, at the end of three days, Joshua will have 16 fruit flies.