millions -- billions -- trillions
we often read reports that may say ...
- "there are several million species of animals"
- "this project will cost $2.5 billion."
- "the national debt is $4.5 trillion."
these numbers are so huge that in order to 'digest them' we need analogies ...
that are still very difficult to comprehend.
million = l,000,000
- there are a million seconds in ll days l3 hr 46 min 40 sec
- spending $l million/yr means you must get rid of ...
- $2,739.73/day - $ll4.l6/ hour - 3.2 ¢/second
- cover the length of a football field with cubic cm x 109 cm wide
- a million cubic centimeters = cubic meter: l00 cm x l00 cm x l00 cm
billion = l,000,000,000
- there are a billion seconds in 31 yr 25l.3 days
- spending a billion dollars/yr means you have to get rid of ...
$2,737,85l /day - $ll4,077.12 /hr - $l,901.29/min - $3l.68/sec
- cover a football field with cubic centimeters stacked 22.4 high
- a billion cubic centimeters = l00 cm x l00 cm x 100,000 cm (.6 mi)
- $l billion = 2,500 people working 25 years at $l6,000 per year
trillion = l,000,000,000,000
- there are a trillion seconds in 31,688 years
- cover a football field with cubic cm stacked 22,400 high (735 ft)
- a trillion cubic cms = l00 cm x l00 cm x l00,000,000 cm (6l0 mi)
- a 10% interest on the $4.5 trillion national debt is about $14,269/sec
these are "the answers" ---
can you duplicate the processes which produced them ?
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