What's the difference between a million, a billion, a trillion

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  1. JohanMourinho

    JohanMourinho DYC Hot prospect

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    A million seconds is 13 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 ago was five (5) seconds ago at the U.S. Treasury.
    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. I've read that
    mathematicians do not even use the term trillion!
    Here is some perspective on TRILLION:

    Trillion = 1,000,000,000,000.
    The country has not existed for a trillion seconds.
    Western civilization has not been around a trillion seconds.
    One trillion seconds ago ? 31,688 years ? Neanderthals stalked the plains of Europe.

    Million: 1,000,000
    Billion: 1,000,000,000
    Trillion: 1,000,000,000,000
    Quintillion: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
    Sextillion: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
    Nonillion: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
    Centillion: 1 followed by 303 zeros

    It's the spending, stupid! [​IMG]
     
  2. incandecio

    incandecio DYC Reading for Europe

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    .............heh?
     
  3. bbwMax

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    hmm thats pretty weird. Never thought of it like that.
     
  4. dycdan

    dycdan DYC please wait...

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    That's pretty amazing, good post.

    I wonder if anyone will ever become a centillionaire [​IMG]
     
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    <div class="quote_poster">dan Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">That's pretty amazing, good post.

    I wonder if anyone will ever become a centillionaire [​IMG]</div>

    Yeh they will. Me.
     
  6. HeadCase

    HeadCase Global *********

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    <div class="quote_poster">dan Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">That's pretty amazing, good post.

    I wonder if anyone will ever become a centillionaire [​IMG]</div>

    If you live in Turkey then maybe [​IMG]
     
  7. C.Ronaldo

    C.Ronaldo Key Squad player

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    Woah interesting post there.
     
  8. Lennon 18

    Lennon 18 DYC Key Squad player

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    Like going back to school again.. Boring.
     

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