maria finds penny monday morning. she finds 2 tuesday morning. she finds 4 wednesday morning. on wednesday she has a total of 7 cents. on thursday, friday, saturday and sunday she finds double the amount of money she found the day before. how much money does maria have on sunday?
Wed. = 7
Thu. - 8
Fri. - 16
Sat. - 32
Sun. - 64
Add these together.
To find out how much money Maria has on Sunday, we need to account for the money she finds each day and add it up.
Let's break down the problem step by step:
Monday: Maria finds 1 penny.
Tuesday: Maria finds 2 pennies.
Wednesday: Maria finds 4 pennies. She now has a total of 7 cents.
On Thursday, Maria finds double the amount of money she found on Wednesday, which is 4 pennies x 2 = 8 pennies.
On Friday, Maria finds double the amount she found on Thursday, which is 8 pennies x 2 = 16 pennies.
On Saturday, Maria finds double the amount she found on Friday, which is 16 pennies x 2 = 32 pennies.
On Sunday, Maria finds double the amount she found on Saturday, which is 32 pennies x 2 = 64 pennies.
To calculate the total amount of money Maria has on Sunday, we add up all the pennies she found starting from Wednesday until Sunday:
7 pennies (Wednesday) + 8 pennies (Thursday) + 16 pennies (Friday) + 32 pennies (Saturday) + 64 pennies (Sunday) = 127 pennies.
Therefore, Maria has a total of 127 pennies on Sunday.