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 - 18th president - 18 x $50.00 = $900.00

 

[From JA]: 

Q: What comes after $900? 

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A: N/A - Franklin is on the $100 bill but was never president.