How Big is a Trillion Dollars?

How Big is a Trillion Dollars? $1 000 000 000 000

Start with $100 … $100

x 10, gives one thousand dollars … $1 000

x 10, gives ten thousand dollars, which is a stack of 100 notes, 1cm thick … $10 000

x 10, gives a hundred thousand dollars, a stack 10cm thick … $100 000

x 10, gives a million dollars … $1 000 000

Here is a million dollars next to a man. Now … $1 000 000

x10, gives ten million dollars … $10 000 000

x10, gives 100 million dollars … $100 000 000

x10, gives a billion dollars … $1 000 000 000

Now, keep your eye on that big block of one billion dollars … $1 000 000 000

x 10, gives 10 billion dollars … $10 000 000 000

x 10, gives 100 billion dollars … $100 000 000 000

x 10, gives a trillion dollars. (Remember, the little red part is a billion dollars!) $1 000 000 000 000