Prof Miles Berry

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Professor of Computing Education at University of Roehampton

In the song The 12 Days of Christmas, the total number of presents given is 364. This total comes from adding up all the gifts given each day, accounting for the fact that the gifts are repeated cumulatively. For example, on the first day, one gift is given, but by the twelfth day, all the gifts from the previous days are given again along with the twelfth day’s gift.
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