A checker board has 64 squares - 32 red and 32 black.

If you put 1 cent on the 1st square, doubled the amount and put it on the 2nd square, the 2nd square would have 2 cents on it. Double what's on the 2nd square and put it one the 3rd square so now the 3rd square has 4 cents on it. Double what's on the 3rd square and put it on the 4th square so now the 4th square has 8 cents on it.

If you did this for the remaining squares on the board, would you rather have what's on the 64th square or $5 Million dollars?

PS For those who don't want to do the math, the 64th square would hold $92,233,720,368,547,800.00 and this concept came from an investing class and the subject was compounding.