Family Pyramid Math

Family Pyramid Math 1-you 2- 1 st generation 30 years 4- 2 nd generation 60 years 8- 3 rd generation 90 years 16- 4 th generation 120 years 32-5 th generation 150 years 64-6 th generation 180 years 128-7 th generation 210 years 256-8 th generation 240 years 512-9 th generation 270 years 1024-10 th generation 300 years 2048-11 th generation 330 years 4096-12 th generation 360 years 8192-13 th generation 390 years 16384-14 th generation 420 years 32768-15 th generation 450 years 65536-16 th generation 480 years 131072-17 th generation 510 years 262144-18 th generation 540 years 524288-19 th generation 570 years 1048576-20 th generation 600 years Total number of people involved (20 generations) = 2097150 people Here is the math behind the Family Pyramid: I had my students do the math and I put some finishing touches on it. When I first looked at these numbers I was humbled. These numbers at the same time for me