Question

Brody has a jar with 1000 g of sugar in it. Each day, he empties out half

of the sugar that is in the jar. At the end of the first day, he is left with

500 g of sugar.

a) How much sugar will be left in the jar at the end of the 5th day? Give

your answer in grams (g).

b) Write a sentence to explain whether or not the jar will ever be empty

Answer 1

31.25 g on the 5th day

no it will never by empty because even when it gets down to one singular piece of sugar you would technically just cut it in half, then that in half, yes it would get impossible, that's why you wouldn't actually do it, but if you typed it into a calculator it would just keep getting a smaller and smaller decimal.