DAY 482 

GAMES/World of Puzzles

June, 2025

Todd Kreisman

 

MONEY AND POWER

 

What would come next in the sequence below? The title is a hint.

 

$0.16

$0.15

$3.20

$0.25

$17.50

$1.00

$6.00

$80.00

N/A

$140.00

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Answer:

 

$900

 

Beginning with the smallest value of US currency (the penny), the value of each coin or bill is multiplied by the number of the president who appears on it. 

 

Lincoln is on the penny and was the 16th president - 16 x $0.01 = $0.16

 

Jefferson is on the nickel and was the 3rd president - 3 x $0.05 = $0.15

 

Roosevelt - dime - 32 x $0.10 = $3.20 

Washington - quarter - 1 x $0.25 = $0.25

Kennedy - half dollar - 35 x $0.50 = $17.50 

Washington - one-dollar bill - 1 x $1.00 - $1.00

Jefferson - two-dollar bill - 3 x $2.00 = $6.00

Lincoln - five-dollar bill - 16 x $5.00 = $80.00 

Hamilton - ten-dollar bill - never president = N/A 

Jackson - twenty-dollar bill - 7 x $20.00 = $140.00

GRANT - fifty-dollar bill - 18 x $50.00 = $900.00 

 

Q:What comes after $900? 

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A: N/A because Franklin was never president.