Sunday, December 28, 2014

Fun with numbers...............................

34.   In a poll of 1,000 American adults, asked, "How many millions are in a trillion?"    79% gave an incorrect answer or didn't know. Keep this in mind when debating large financial problems.

I'm sort of impressed that 21% could answer the question.  I will confess that this history major reached for a pad and pencil.  You can figure it for yourself, but here are the basics:

One million =  1,000,000
One billion  =  1,000,000,000
One trillion  =  1,000,000,000,000

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