diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 30db813..b04a555 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -404,6 +404,17 @@
           "logic"
         ]
       },
+      {
+        "slug": "grains",
+        "name": "Grains",
+        "uuid": "1759636a-eeb0-42e9-98af-01cf4c738700",
+        "practices": [],
+        "prerequisites": [],
+        "difficulty": 2,
+        "topics": [
+          "math"
+        ]
+      },
       {
         "slug": "pascals-triangle",
         "name": "Pascals Triangle",
diff --git a/exercises/practice/grains/.docs/instructions.md b/exercises/practice/grains/.docs/instructions.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df479fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/grains/.docs/instructions.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Instructions
+
+Calculate the number of grains of wheat on a chessboard given that the number on each square doubles.
+
+There once was a wise servant who saved the life of a prince.
+The king promised to pay whatever the servant could dream up.
+Knowing that the king loved chess, the servant told the king he would like to have grains of wheat.
+One grain on the first square of a chess board, with the number of grains doubling on each successive square.
+
+There are 64 squares on a chessboard (where square 1 has one grain, square 2 has two grains, and so on).
+
+Write code that shows:
+
+- how many grains were on a given square, and
+- the total number of grains on the chessboard
diff --git a/exercises/practice/grains/.meta/config.json b/exercises/practice/grains/.meta/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75ef219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/grains/.meta/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "authors": [
+    "keiravillekode"
+  ],
+  "files": {
+    "solution": [
+      "grains.sml"
+    ],
+    "test": [
+      "test.sml"
+    ],
+    "example": [
+      ".meta/example.sml"
+    ]
+  },
+  "blurb": "Calculate the number of grains of wheat on a chessboard given that the number on each square doubles.",
+  "source": "The CodeRanch Cattle Drive, Assignment 6",
+  "source_url": "https://coderanch.com/wiki/718824/Grains"
+}
diff --git a/exercises/practice/grains/.meta/example.sml b/exercises/practice/grains/.meta/example.sml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7509236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/grains/.meta/example.sml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+local
+  fun power2 (k: int): LargeInt.int =
+    if k = 0 then 1
+    else 2 * power2 (k - 1)
+in
+  fun square (n: int): string =
+    if n < 1 orelse n > 64 then raise Fail "square must be between 1 and 64"
+    else LargeInt.toString (power2 (n - 1))
+
+  fun total (): string =
+    LargeInt.toString ((power2 64) - 1)
+end
diff --git a/exercises/practice/grains/.meta/tests.toml b/exercises/practice/grains/.meta/tests.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ea68bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/grains/.meta/tests.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# This is an auto-generated file.
+#
+# Regenerating this file via `configlet sync` will:
+# - Recreate every `description` key/value pair
+# - Recreate every `reimplements` key/value pair, where they exist in problem-specifications
+# - Remove any `include = true` key/value pair (an omitted `include` key implies inclusion)
+# - Preserve any other key/value pair
+#
+# As user-added comments (using the # character) will be removed when this file
+# is regenerated, comments can be added via a `comment` key.
+
+[9fbde8de-36b2-49de-baf2-cd42d6f28405]
+description = "returns the number of grains on the square -> grains on square 1"
+
+[ee1f30c2-01d8-4298-b25d-c677331b5e6d]
+description = "returns the number of grains on the square -> grains on square 2"
+
+[10f45584-2fc3-4875-8ec6-666065d1163b]
+description = "returns the number of grains on the square -> grains on square 3"
+
+[a7cbe01b-36f4-4601-b053-c5f6ae055170]
+description = "returns the number of grains on the square -> grains on square 4"
+
+[c50acc89-8535-44e4-918f-b848ad2817d4]
+description = "returns the number of grains on the square -> grains on square 16"
+
+[acd81b46-c2ad-4951-b848-80d15ed5a04f]
+description = "returns the number of grains on the square -> grains on square 32"
+
+[c73b470a-5efb-4d53-9ac6-c5f6487f227b]
+description = "returns the number of grains on the square -> grains on square 64"
+
+[1d47d832-3e85-4974-9466-5bd35af484e3]
+description = "returns the number of grains on the square -> square 0 is invalid"
+
+[61974483-eeb2-465e-be54-ca5dde366453]
+description = "returns the number of grains on the square -> negative square is invalid"
+
+[a95e4374-f32c-45a7-a10d-ffec475c012f]
+description = "returns the number of grains on the square -> square greater than 64 is invalid"
+
+[6eb07385-3659-4b45-a6be-9dc474222750]
+description = "returns the total number of grains on the board"
diff --git a/exercises/practice/grains/grains.sml b/exercises/practice/grains/grains.sml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..429c0df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/grains/grains.sml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+fun square (n: int): string =
+  raise Fail "'square' is not implemented"
+
+fun total (): string =
+  raise Fail "'total' is not implemented"
diff --git a/exercises/practice/grains/test.sml b/exercises/practice/grains/test.sml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c818a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/grains/test.sml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+(* version 1.0.0 *)
+
+use "testlib.sml";
+use "grains.sml";
+
+infixr |>
+fun x |> f = f x
+
+val testsuite =
+  describe "grains" [
+    describe "returns the number of grains on the square" [
+      test "grains on square 1"
+        (fn _ => square 1 |> Expect.equalTo "1"),
+
+      test "grains on square 2"
+        (fn _ => square 2 |> Expect.equalTo "2"),
+
+      test "grains on square 3"
+        (fn _ => square 3 |> Expect.equalTo "4"),
+
+      test "grains on square 4"
+        (fn _ => square 4 |> Expect.equalTo "8"),
+
+      test "grains on square 16"
+        (fn _ => square 16 |> Expect.equalTo "32768"),
+
+      test "grains on square 32"
+        (fn _ => square 32 |> Expect.equalTo "2147483648"),
+
+      test "grains on square 64"
+        (fn _ => square 64 |> Expect.equalTo "9223372036854775808"),
+
+      test "square 0 is invalid"
+        (fn _ => (fn _ => square 0) |> Expect.error (Fail "square must be between 1 and 64")),
+
+      test "negative square is invalid"
+        (fn _ => (fn _ => square ~1) |> Expect.error (Fail "square must be between 1 and 64")),
+
+      test "square greater than 64 is invalid"
+        (fn _ => (fn _ => square 65) |> Expect.error (Fail "square must be between 1 and 64"))
+    ],
+
+    test "returns the total number of grains on the board"
+      (fn _ => total () |> Expect.equalTo "18446744073709551615")
+  ]
+
+val _ = Test.run testsuite
diff --git a/exercises/practice/grains/testlib.sml b/exercises/practice/grains/testlib.sml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c8370c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/grains/testlib.sml
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+structure Expect =
+struct
+  datatype expectation = Pass | Fail of string * string
+
+  local
+    fun failEq b a =
+      Fail ("Expected: " ^ b, "Got: " ^ a)
+    
+    fun failExn b a =
+      Fail ("Expected: " ^ b, "Raised: " ^ a)
+
+    fun exnName (e: exn): string = General.exnName e
+  in
+    fun truthy a =
+      if a
+      then Pass
+      else failEq "true" "false"
+
+    fun falsy a =
+      if a
+      then failEq "false" "true"
+      else Pass
+
+    fun equalTo b a = 
+      if a = b
+      then Pass
+      else failEq (PolyML.makestring b) (PolyML.makestring a)
+
+    fun nearTo delta b a =
+      if Real.abs (a - b) <= delta * Real.abs a orelse
+         Real.abs (a - b) <= delta * Real.abs b
+      then Pass
+      else failEq (Real.toString b ^ " +/- " ^ Real.toString delta) (Real.toString a)
+
+    fun anyError f =
+      (
+        f ();
+        failExn "an exception" "Nothing"
+      ) handle _ => Pass
+
+    fun error e f =
+      (
+        f ();
+        failExn (exnName e) "Nothing"
+      ) handle e' => if exnMessage e' = exnMessage e
+                     then Pass
+                     else failExn (exnMessage e) (exnMessage e')
+  end
+end
+
+structure TermColor =
+struct
+  datatype color = Red | Green | Yellow | Normal
+
+  fun f Red    = "\027[31m"
+    | f Green  = "\027[32m"
+    | f Yellow = "\027[33m"
+    | f Normal = "\027[0m"
+
+  fun colorize color s = (f color) ^ s ^ (f Normal)
+
+  val redit = colorize Red
+
+  val greenit = colorize Green
+
+  val yellowit = colorize Yellow
+end
+
+structure Test =
+struct
+  datatype testnode = TestGroup of string * testnode list
+                    | Test of string * (unit -> Expect.expectation)
+
+  local
+    datatype evaluation = Success of string
+                        | Failure of string * string * string
+                        | Error of string * string
+
+    fun indent n s = (implode (List.tabulate (n, fn _ => #" "))) ^ s
+
+    fun fmt indentlvl ev =
+      let
+        val check = TermColor.greenit "\226\156\148 " (* ✔ *)
+        val cross = TermColor.redit "\226\156\150 "   (* ✖ *)
+        val indentlvl = indentlvl * 2
+      in
+      case ev of
+        Success descr => indent indentlvl (check ^ descr)
+      | Failure (descr, exp, got) =>
+          String.concatWith "\n" [indent indentlvl (cross ^ descr),
+                                  indent (indentlvl + 2) exp,
+                                  indent (indentlvl + 2) got]
+      | Error (descr, reason) =>
+          String.concatWith "\n" [indent indentlvl (cross ^ descr),
+                                  indent (indentlvl + 2) (TermColor.redit reason)]
+      end
+
+    fun eval (TestGroup _) = raise Fail "Only a 'Test' can be evaluated"
+      | eval (Test (descr, thunk)) =
+          (
+            case thunk () of
+              Expect.Pass   => ((1, 0, 0), Success descr)
+            | Expect.Fail (s, s') => ((0, 1, 0), Failure (descr, s, s'))
+          )
+          handle e => ((0, 0, 1), Error (descr, "Unexpected error: " ^ exnMessage e))
+
+    fun flatten depth testnode =
+      let
+        fun sum (x, y, z) (a, b, c) = (x + a, y + b, z + c)
+
+        fun aux (t, (counter, acc)) =
+          let
+            val (counter', texts) = flatten (depth + 1) t
+          in
+            (sum counter' counter, texts :: acc)
+          end
+      in
+        case testnode of
+          TestGroup (descr, ts) =>
+            let
+              val (counter, texts) = foldr aux ((0, 0, 0), []) ts
+            in
+              (counter, (indent (depth * 2) descr) :: List.concat texts)
+            end
+        | Test _ =>
+            let
+              val (counter, evaluation) = eval testnode
+            in
+              (counter, [fmt depth evaluation])
+            end
+      end
+    
+    fun println s = print (s ^ "\n")
+  in
+    fun run suite =
+      let
+        val ((succeeded, failed, errored), texts) = flatten 0 suite
+
+        val summary = String.concatWith ", " [
+          TermColor.greenit ((Int.toString succeeded) ^ " passed"),
+          TermColor.redit ((Int.toString failed) ^ " failed"),
+          TermColor.redit ((Int.toString errored) ^ " errored"),
+          (Int.toString (succeeded + failed + errored)) ^ " total"
+        ]
+        
+        val status = if failed = 0 andalso errored = 0
+                     then OS.Process.success
+                     else OS.Process.failure
+
+      in
+        List.app println texts;
+        println "";
+        println ("Tests: " ^ summary);
+        OS.Process.exit status
+      end
+  end
+end
+
+fun describe description tests = Test.TestGroup (description, tests)
+fun test description thunk = Test.Test (description, thunk)