you finally have your holiday shopping money! you put $2 away in January, $4 away in February, $8 away in March, $16 away in April and followed this savings pattern through to Decemberf, How much money do you have to shop with?

It's tricky for me 'coz I interpreted the above in 2 different ways. My answer is $4096 and my other answer is $90

Please help. Thanks

3 answers

2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 + 64 + 128 + 256 + 512 + 1024 + 2048 + 4096 = ? Looks like you have even more than 4096.
yes, my answer of $4096 is only for December savings, so the total for Jan to Dec is $8190.

Thank you so much Ms Sue. Happy Holidays!!
You're very welcome. Happy holidays to you, too.