Insects in a colony

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The number of insects in a colony doubles each week. If there were 100 insects in the colony at the start of the first week:

1) How many would there be after 6 weeks?

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  1. Anonymous1 February 2021 at 18:46

    At the start of the first week, there were 100 insect meaning at the end of the:

    first week, there would be 200
    second week, there would be 400
    third week, there would be 800
    fourth week, there would be 1600
    fifth week, there would be 3200
    sixth week, there would be 6400

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