Estimation Helper Estimation Helper • One million = 2 gray buckets

• One billion = 2,000 gray buckets

• Humans on Earth – 3.8 million years– A little under 8 buckets

• Dinosaurs on Earth – 250 million years– 500 buckets

• Earth’s existence – 4.5 billion years– 9000 buckets

Answers to Time Estimates: Answers to Time Estimates:

What would a Billion Look Like?What would a Billion Look Like?

The Size of a Box of Copier Paper

As of August 07, this was spent on recovery for Katrina.

60 Feet high, 150 feet long, 62.5 feet deep

This would cover a football field and cover the players 55 feet deep.

This is the amount of the proposed Economic Stimulus Rebate.

The amount requested in August 07 for supplemental war funding.

The amount , $87 Billion, was requested in 03 for supplemental war funding.

The amount of trade between the US & China in 2007

Wal-Mart’s 2006 sales exceeded this, with a profit of $11 Billion.

How small is a Nanometer?How small is a Nanometer?

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