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03-19-2009, 04:13 PM
How much is a Trillion?
What's the difference between a million, a billion, a trillion?
- A million seconds is 12 days.
- A billion seconds is 31 years.
- A trillion seconds is 31,688 years.
A million minutes ago was – 1 year, 329 days, 10 hours and 40 minutes ago.
A billion minutes ago was just after the time of Christ.
A million hours ago was in 1885.
A billion hours ago man had not yet walked on earth.
A million dollars is how much the U.S. Treasury spends every five seconds!.
A billion dollars ago was late yesterday afternoon at the U.S. Treasury.
A trillion dollars is so large a number that only politicians can use the term in conversation... probably because they
seldom think about what they are really saying.
Mathematicians seldom even use the term trillion because it is so large a number!
Here is more perspective on what a TRILLION is...
- Trillion = 1 plus 12 zeros
- The United States has not existed for a trillion seconds.
- Western civilization has not existed for a trillion seconds.
- One trillion seconds ago – 31,688 years ago – Neanderthals stalked the plains of Europe.
Our national debt is $11 trillion and growing by leaps and bounds!
Can we imagine?...No, obviously not.
What's the difference between a million, a billion, a trillion?
- A million seconds is 12 days.
- A billion seconds is 31 years.
- A trillion seconds is 31,688 years.
A million minutes ago was – 1 year, 329 days, 10 hours and 40 minutes ago.
A billion minutes ago was just after the time of Christ.
A million hours ago was in 1885.
A billion hours ago man had not yet walked on earth.
A million dollars is how much the U.S. Treasury spends every five seconds!.
A billion dollars ago was late yesterday afternoon at the U.S. Treasury.
A trillion dollars is so large a number that only politicians can use the term in conversation... probably because they
seldom think about what they are really saying.
Mathematicians seldom even use the term trillion because it is so large a number!
Here is more perspective on what a TRILLION is...
- Trillion = 1 plus 12 zeros
- The United States has not existed for a trillion seconds.
- Western civilization has not existed for a trillion seconds.
- One trillion seconds ago – 31,688 years ago – Neanderthals stalked the plains of Europe.
Our national debt is $11 trillion and growing by leaps and bounds!
Can we imagine?...No, obviously not.