Big numbers can really be boggling, as I mentioned before. Stories in the news use big numbers, and it's difficult to get any sense of what they mean, how they translate. I saw some big numbers recently that we can use to hone the skill of understanding big numbers.
Recently I heard we'll be purchasing some new fighter jets, the F-47. I figured I'd try my short hand formula I described earlier to get a sense of the purchase.
As I mentioned, there are approximately 333,000,000 people in America, so if each person put $3 on a table, it would equal $1 Billion.
As I understand, one F-47 costs $20 Billion. So 20 x $3 = $60. One F-47 costs each American $60 per person. So ten(10) F-47s costs $600 per person. One hundred (100) F-47s costs $6,000 per person.
From what I can tell, we are purchasing between 200 - 250 F-47s. The total for two hundred (200) F-47s is $12,000 per person.
As for the total, regarding two hundred (200) F-47s, it would be 200 x $20 Billion, which equals $4 Trillion.
I don't know if this short hand system is helpful or not, but I thought we could give it a try! There are lots of big numbers out there that are difficult to understand. Don't get me started on the speed of light 😂
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P.S. Kind of a fun one: In over-the-road trucking, truck drivers sometimes use "one million miles" as a marker, a measurement of time and distance on the road. That's somewhere the equivalent of going to the moon and back TWICE!! A very impressive amount of driving! That's like driving coast to coast, round trip, approximately one hundred twenty-five (125) times🤯
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Let's give it a try!
Big numbers can really be boggling, as I mentioned before. Stories in the news use big numbers, and it's difficult to get any sense of what they mean, how they translate. I saw some big numbers recently that we can use to hone the skill of understanding big numbers.
Recently I heard we'll be purchasing some new fighter jets, the F-47. I figured I'd try my short hand formula I described earlier to get a sense of the purchase.
As I mentioned, there are approximately 333,000,000 people in America, so if each person put $3 on a table, it would equal $1 Billion.
As I understand, one F-47 costs $20 Billion. So 20 x $3 = $60. One F-47 costs each American $60 per person. So ten(10) F-47s costs $600 per person. One hundred (100) F-47s costs $6,000 per person.
From what I can tell, we are purchasing between 200 - 250 F-47s. The total for two hundred (200) F-47s is $12,000 per person.
As for the total, regarding two hundred (200) F-47s, it would be 200 x $20 Billion, which equals $4 Trillion.
I don't know if this short hand system is helpful or not, but I thought we could give it a try! There are lots of big numbers out there that are difficult to understand. Don't get me started on the speed of light 😂
=M=
P.S. Kind of a fun one: In over-the-road trucking, truck drivers sometimes use "one million miles" as a marker, a measurement of time and distance on the road. That's somewhere the equivalent of going to the moon and back TWICE!! A very impressive amount of driving! That's like driving coast to coast, round trip, approximately one hundred twenty-five (125) times🤯
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