Sep102009
1.4 Blog question

POSTED AT 12:27 PM

An asteroid lands in Darien and you go over to check it out! You walk over and you see 4 little blue blobs of goo sitting near the asteroid. You go over to take a closer look, and each blob of goo splits into 4 more blobs of goo! You are so startled you take a step back and fall down. You get up just in time to see every blob (new and old) split again into 4 more blobs! Now it's time to call Homeland Security. You call them up and tell the operator what you saw. She asks you how many blobs there are now.
 
Your job: Find out how many blobs there are now and save Darien! Use a power to express how many blobs there are and then evaluate your power (without a calculator!) Be sure to post your answer below by clicking  "Add a comment". I will post your answer to my blog before class tomorrow.
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  • Aislinn

    I think the power for the blobs of goo is; 4 to the 16th power. Or 16x16x16x16.

    9/10/2009 2:21:14 PM
  • Sophie T

    there would be 64 blobs of goo.

    9/10/2009 2:36:31 PM
  • Jay

    The answer is 4 16

    9/10/2009 2:45:29 PM
  • danny o'boyle

    100 blobs
    4 to the 25 power

    9/10/2009 3:04:46 PM
  • Jamie

    four to the fourth power

    9/10/2009 3:49:37 PM
  • will

    You would do 4x4x4 which equals 64 and the power would be 4 to the third power.

    9/10/2009 4:13:39 PM
  • ben

    It is 4 to the third power because it is 4*4*4 or 4 three times.

    4*4=16*4=64

    9/10/2009 4:26:33 PM
  • Burke Blatney

    I think that there are 16 blobs of the blue blob goo. In the beginning two there are four then it splits into eight. After you you faint they've each split int four again giving you 16 blobs of blue goo.

    9/10/2009 5:07:34 PM
  • Liam G

    Four to the Fourth power

    9/10/2009 5:23:56 PM
  • Liam G

    sorry forgot answer : 64 blobs

    9/10/2009 5:24:51 PM
  • Sarishka

    4 to the third power. 4x4x4=64. So there are 64 blobs in all.

    9/10/2009 5:27:08 PM
  • celia?

    the power is 4 to the third power. There are 64 blobby-goo-thingies by the time you reach the operator.:D

    9/10/2009 5:36:31 PM
  • Andrew

    4 to the 3rd power. The answer is 64.

    9/10/2009 5:52:18 PM
  • Morgan

    I think the answer is 256 because...

    4 to the 4th power
    4 times 4
    16 times 4
    64 times 4
    Answer: 256

    9/10/2009 6:46:24 PM
  • Jacob Levy

    The answer is 4 to the 3 power = 4x4x4=64.

    9/10/2009 7:41:00 PM
  • Kevin Klarer

    The answer is 64

    9/10/2009 7:52:08 PM
  • Justin Yang from per. 8

    4x4x4 = 4 exp 3 = 64

    9/10/2009 8:03:15 PM
  • seth

    the answere is 4 to the 3erd power which eguals 64.

    9/11/2009 5:43:02 AM
  • chris g

    64

    9/11/2009 1:46:49 PM
 

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