financial amounts reference

examples of value of different amounts

(dollars)

			

	million		nice house, living expenses for 1 person for several years

	billion		1,500 to 2,000 houses, or 1 high-rise office building

	trillion		an entire city, such as all the buildings in the city of Melbourne





	$10	ten		one take-away meal

	$100 	hundred		one item of clothing, and 2 take-away meals

	$1,000	thousand		a full set of clothes and breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 2 weeks






			equivalent number of

			full dinners

	hundred	$	6

	thousand $	60



			number of
			motor vehicles


	million $		20		

	billion $		20,000		

	trillion $		20,000,000	






	hundred		10^2	100

	thousand		10^3	1,000

	million		10^6	1,000,000

	billion		10^9	1,000,000,000


	trillion		10^12	1,000,000,000,000
