Bored? Got nothing to do? Start a new project.... How about this one?

mrpaseo

oops, forgot the picture.

So, how many cents do you think are in there?





How about this one?

commoncents05

holy cow, that'd take a day or two. if i'm ever sick and forced to stay at home for a few weeks, i may do that. ps. it's 'bored' not 'board'.

-Paul

Hyperion

that's probably very heavy

dizzyfoxx

Wow! ...Now that's what I call having some spare time on your hands.

Oh, how many are there??? A helluva lot.

itsnotjustme

Enough that that stand below it should collapse!

293,700 Reaal guestimate.

combatmailman

How many albums could you fill with those?

itsnotjustme

revised estimate

738,100

Dabigkahuna

I wonder how much it would cost to do a pyramid like that made from Sac dollars?

pocketpiececommems

He should try that with the new Washington Dollars.

fastrudy

Check out these....Penny stacking

itsnotjustme

My first guess was incredibly close!!

Here's my math... assummed 10 coins per layer, 44 layers, 44x44 stacks on the first layer and going down by one ,

44 X 44 X 10 = 19360
43 43 10 18490
42 42 10 17640
41 41 10 16810
40 40 10 16000
39 39 10 15210
38 38 10 14440
37 37 10 13690
36 36 10 12960
35 35 10 12250
34 34 10 11560
33 33 10 10890
32 32 10 10240
31 31 10 9610
30 30 10 9000
29 29 10 8410
28 28 10 7840
27 27 10 7290
26 26 10 6760
25 25 10 6250
24 24 10 5760
23 23 10 5290
22 22 10 4840
21 21 10 4410
20 20 10 4000
19 19 10 3610
18 18 10 3240
17 17 10 2890
16 16 10 2560
15 15 10 2250
14 14 10 1960
13 13 10 1690
12 12 10 1440
11 11 10 1210
10 10 10 1000
9 9 10 810
8 8 10 640
7 7 10 490
6 6 10 360
5 5 10 250
4 4 10 160
3 3 10 90
2 2 10 40
1 1 10 10
SUM 293700

19Lyds

Probably not a California Project and very impressive! I don't know what impresses me more:

The amount of time taken to complete it?The amount of money ties up in it?The reasoning behind doing it in the first place?

Someone, somewhere out there in cyperspace is saying "I bet I could do that with a hunnert levels!"

CheeseGuy

221400 if the stacks are of ten. That's $2,214!

mrpaseo

40 40 1600 16000
39 39 1521 15210
38 38 1444 14440
37 37 1369 13690
36 36 1296 12960
35 35 1225 12250
34 34 1156 11560
33 33 1089 10890
32 32 1024 10240
31 31 961 9610
30 30 900 9000
29 29 841 8410
28 28 784 7840
27 27 729 7290
26 26 676 6760
25 25 625 6250
24 24 576 5760
23 23 529 5290
22 22 484 4840
21 21 441 4410
20 20 400 4000
19 19 361 3610
18 18 324 3240
17 17 289 2890
16 16 256 2560
15 15 225 2250
14 14 196 1960
13 13 169 1690
12 12 144 1440
11 11 121 1210
10 10 100 1000
9 9 81 810
8 8 64 640
7 7 49 490
6 6 36 360
5 5 25 250
4 4 16 160
3 3 9 90
2 2 4 40
1 1 1 10

221400


Thats what I got Gotta love excel

I counted 40 accross the bottom not 44.

Ray

tmot99

I concur with the 40x40 square and 10 ocins per stack for a total of 221400 pennies.

itsnotjustme

The answer is on the web site the photo is from... over 289,000.

mrpaseo

<< <i>The answer is on the web site the photo is from... over 289,000. >>



I counted, 40 across to the right, 40 across to the left, and 40 up... to accomplish 289,000 there would have to be at least 14 per stack for a total of 309,960. The stacks look pretty even to me so who knows, maybe they didn't know or someone that was helping stack the cents was pocketing them as well... (I just thought that was a funny image in my head.... pockets full of cents, trying to walk out with them).

Anywho, you gotta love excel.

mrpaseo

I wonder how "They" would handle the situation if, "Someone" super glued all those cents together and then tried to turn them in...

It's not like putting a few bricks in the middle would make it any heavier, the cents would be the heaviest way to go.... Imagine the weight of that thing....

BRB

mrpaseo

Alright, if my math serves me correctly, a cent is 2.500 grams (I'm probably wrong, I have no books with me and I just did a quick search on the web)

454 grams = 1 lb

221400 cents X 2.500 grams each= 553500 grams

553500 grams / 454 grams = 1219.162 lbs

Is that right? A thousand lbs of cents?

How would one get that much home?

Anyway, someone prove me wrong and do the math correctly for me

Ray