A billion is represented by one (1) followed by nine zeros, thus, 1,000,000,000. Have you ever wondered how big a billion is?
- One billion minutes are the number of minutes in 1,900 years.
- One billion heartbeats are the number of beats your heart has to make for twenty-seven years at the rate of 70x/min.
- One billion dollars (excluding interest) would be the amount of your savings in your bank account if you deposit $10 a day for 273,972.6 years.
- One billion kilograms is the combined weight of 33 million children, each weighing 30 kg.
- One billion kilometers are the total number of kilometers you would have to hike in 28,000 years at the rate of 15 minutes per kilometer.
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