How to Divide Large Numbers in Your Head
We need to get our minds around our millions, billions, and trillions.
When you see a measurement or a dollar figure that is in the millions, billions, or trillions, what sense does your mind make of it?
Most of us will recognize that a trillion is larger than a billion and a billion larger than a million. But beyond that I would venture that few of us draw much meaning out of large numbers. For example, say that it is proposed to spend $1 trillion to achieve a goal such as the provision of clean energy. Whether that proposal is worthy or not pivots on how much a trillion is, and judging such a proposal is the task of everyone who could be eligible to vote. So if we can improve our facility with large numbers, we can be more confident and thus effective in speaking about the worthiness of public investments.
One path toward evaluating a proposal would start from knowing that…
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