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If I gave you $1,000 a day, seven days a week, how long would it take you to collect 1 billion dollars? ... If you like thinking about large numbers, don't miss Jim Holt's essay, Larger Than Life: Can numbers become too big?. (Unfortunately, Lingua Franca, the magazine that published Holt's essay, suspended publication at...
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We're hearing a lot about project of a billion dollars or more these days, but how big is a billion? ... We’re hearing a lot about projects of a billion dollars or more these days. I got to thinking about just how big a billion is. Here’s a bit of perspective:
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Explore Further: How Big is a Billion? ... A billion? Counting this high takes time, so you may want to read the answers before you try: - 1 Million: To count to 1 million will take you about 11 days. - 1 Billion: To count to 1 billion will take you about 30 years.
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You'd have to buy 500 houses, each for 2 million, to reach a billion. That's because there are 1000 millions in a billion. One football field is 100 yards, minus the end zones. I'll let you figure out this one.
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Would you like to get a real feel for the titanic numbers needed to describe the Universe? Start counting! Begin at one and count off one number a second--"One, two, three...." How long do you think it will it take you to reach...
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Just how big is a billion dollars? Well, to answer that question you must understand exactly what is meant by one billion. The answer is not as clear cut as you might expect. ... In fact, the US billion is much SMALLER than the UK billion! In the US, one billion is one thousand million (i.e., it has 9 zeros and equals 1...
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www.hybridwalnut.com/Billion.html
www.hybridwalnut.com/Billion.html
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That's right: a monstrous $127 billion. Of course, not a single media story has highlighted this gargantuan government-spending figure. But that number came straight from the White House in a ... Remember President Reagan's line during the 1980 campaign about how LBJ fought a big-government spending war against poverty,
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www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/08/the_big_easys_billion_dollar_b.html
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Indeed, Big Labor is launching its largest political campaign in its history, ... When combined with political action committees and local unions and other union funders, at least $1 billion of union money (mostly in forced union dues coerced from workers as a job condition) is being dumped into electioneering.
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www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/big_labors_billion_dollar_bet.html
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The National Generators Forum, representing 22 power generators, has estimated that Australia's electricity costs will soar from $78 billion to $150 billion if the Government target of a 60% cut in greenhouse emissions by 2050 is met.
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