Big Numbers

Break down big numbers using analogies:

Million (1,000,000):

A stack of one million sheets of paper would be about 330 feet tall, which is taller than the Statue of Liberty!

Billion (1,000,000,000):

A stack of one billion sheets of paper would be about 63 miles high, which is more than ten times the height at which airplanes fly.

Trillion (1,000,000,000,000):

A stack of one trillion sheets of paper would be about 63,000 miles high, reaching far beyond the orbit of most satellites and even beyond the moon.