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What do you know about big amounts of money?
Money is one of the most well-known motivations in our modern world 🌎. Money can cover all our materialistic needs in daily life. Bills, food, energy, rent, and even making money needs money. But today we will talk differently about money. We will talk about big amounts of money. Have you asked yourself, What do you know about big amounts of money?
Imagine if you have a big amount of money, like billions or trillions of dollars and keep imagining with me, what if you want to put this amount of money in one place, can you find a safe to accommodate this amount of money?
Have you ever imagined how big amounts of money are?
Did you compare big amounts of money to something else?
In this article, we will answer these questions and tell you some facts about big amounts of money and other things.
Keep reading this article to the end and you will be surprised with facts of big amounts of money. To start we have to know the size of the bank note bills. We will take the Dollar currency as an example.
1 Dollar Bill And 100 Dollars Bill
We will take the currency of the dollar as an easy example for our post.
The one-dollar bill has dimensions of 6.63 cm width × 15.61 cm length × 0.01075 cm thickness and weighs about 1 gm.
The same dimensions apply on the 100-dollar bill as well.
1000 Dollars Pack
Now let’s get the dimensions of a pack of 1000 dollars on a 1-dollar bill.
1000 Dollars of 1 Dollar Bill
For a 1-dollar bill, it will be 1112.56 cm3 in volume, 103.49 cm2 of surface area, 10.75cm in height, 15,610 cm in total length and weighs 1000 gm Weight.
1000 Dollars of 100 Dollar Bill
Also for the pack of 1000 dollars of a 100-dollar bill, It will be 11.126 cm3 of volume, 103.49 cm2 of surface area, 0.1075cm height, 156.1 cm of total length and 10 gm weight.
The Characteristics of Packs of 1000$ of Both 1 and 100 bill in 1 Billion and 1 Trillion?
1 Billion = 1000,000,000 = 1 Million packs of 1000$
1 Trillion = 1000,000,000,000 = 1 Billion packs of 1000$
Now, let’s figure out the characteristics of packs of each amount of 1-dollar bill and 100-dollar bill. To do this we will imagine aligning the bills in a line to get length, spreading them to get the area, and stacking them to get the height, volume and weight.
1 Billion
1- 1-Dollar Bill Pack
Volume = 1000,000 * 1112.56 cm3 = 1,112,560,000 cm3 = 1112.563725 m3
Area = 1000,000 * 103.49 cm2 = 103,490,000 cm2 = 10,349,430 m2
Height = 1000,000 * 10.75 = 10,750,000 cm = 107,500 m
Total Length = 1000,000 * 15,610 = 15,610,000,000 cm = 156,100,000 m = 156,100 km
Total Weight = 1000,000 * 1 = 1000,000 Kg = 1000 Ton
2- 100-Dollar Bill Pack
Volume = 1000,000 * 11.126 cm3 = 11,126,000 cm3 = 11.126 m3
Area = 1000,000 * 103.49 cm2 = 103,490,000 cm2 = 103,494.30 m2
Height = 1000,000 * 0.1075 = 107,500 cm = 1,075 m
Total Length = 1000,000 * 156.1 = 156,100,000 cm = 15,610,000 m = 15,610 km
Total Weight = 1000,000 * 0.01 = 10,000 Kg = 10 Ton
1 Trillion
1- 1-Dollar Bill Pack
Volume = 1000,000,000 * 1112.56 cm3 = 1,112,560,000,000 cm3 = 1,112,563.725 m3
Area = 1000,000,000 * 103.49 cm2 = 103,490,000,000 cm2 = 10,349,430,000 m2
Height = 1000,000,000 * 10.75 = 10,750,000,000 cm = 107,500,000 m
Total Length = 1000,000,000 * 15,610 = 15,610,000,000,000 cm = 1,561,000,000,000 m = 1,561,000,000 km
Total Weight = 1000,000,000 * 1 = 1000,000,000 Kg = 1000,000 Ton
2- 100-Dollar Bill Pack
Volume = 1000,000,000 * 11.126 cm3 = 11,126,000,000 cm3 = 11,126 m3
Area = 1000,000,000 * 103.49 cm2 = 103,490,000,000 cm2 = 103,494,300 m2
Height = 1000,000,000 * 0.1075 = 107,500,000 cm = 1,075,000 m
Total Length = 1000,000,000 * 156.1 = 156,100,000,000 cm = 1,561,000,000,000 m = 15,610,000 km
Total Weight = 1000,000,000 * 0.01 = 10,000,000 Kg = 10,000 Ton
Big Amounts of Money VS. Biggest Vault in The whole world 🌎 and football (soccer) fields ⚽
Big Amounts of Money VS The Iron Mountain Vault
When it comes to money, we must think about safes and vaults. Because we are thinking about big amounts of money, So we must search for the biggest vault in the world.
The biggest vault in the world is The Iron Mountain Vault, nicknamed “The Underground” which goes as deep as 220 feet. It expands as far as 1.8 million ft2 (167,225.472 m2)
1B Area = 103,494.30 m2 VS The Iron Mountain Vault = 167,225.472 m2
1T Area = 103,494,300 m2 VS The Iron Mountain Vault = 167,225.472 m2
Big Amounts of Money VS Football (Soccer) Field
Also, the Football (soccer) field is one of the most recognized biggest areas which is 125 meters long and 85 meters wide. Total area = 10,625 m2
From the figure above, we conclude that the area of 1B of 1-Dollar bill is equal to 974 soccer fields while the area of 1B of 100-Dollar bill is equal to 9.74 soccer fields.
From the figure above, we conclude that the area of 1T of 1-Dollar bill is equal to 974064 soccer fields while the area of 1B of 100-Dollar bill is equal to 9740.64 soccer fields.
Big amounts of money VS Shipping containers 📦
Dimensions of the 40-feet container
Exterior Dimensions (in meters): 12.19m long x 2.44m wide x 2.59m high. Interior Dimensions (in feet): 39′ 6” long x 7′ 9” wide x 7′ 10” high.
From the figure above, we conclude that the volume of 1B of 1-Dollar bill is equal to more than 14 40 ft Shipping containers while the volume of 1B of 100-Dollar bill is only equal to less than 0.15 of a 40 ft Shipping container.
From the figure above, we conclude that the volume of 1T of 1-Dollar bill is equal to more than 14441 40 ft Shipping containers while the volume of 1T of 100-Dollar bill is only equal to more than 144 40 ft Shipping containers.
Dimensions of the 20-feet container
Exterior Dimensions (in meters): 6.10m long x 2.44m wide x 2.59m high. Interior Dimensions (in feet): 19′ 4” long x 7′ 9” wide x 7′ 10” high.
From the figure above, we conclude that the volume of 1B of 1-Dollar bill is equal to more than 28 20 ft Shipping containers while the volume of 1B of 100-Dollar bill is only equal to less than 0.30 of a 20 ft Shipping container.
From the figure above, we conclude that the volume of 1T of 1-Dollar bill is equal to more than 28860 40 ft Shipping containers while the volume of 1T of 100-Dollar bill is only equal to more than 288 40 ft Shipping containers.
Big amounts of money VS Space 🪐
Distance moon to Earth
“The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite. At about one-quarter the diameter of Earth, it is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System, the largest satellite in the Solar System relative to its major planet, and larger than any known dwarf planet.” Wikipedia
The distance between Earth and the moon is 384,400 km
From the figure above, we conclude that the percentage between total length of 1B of 1-Dollar bill and the distance between Moon and Earth is equal to 41% while the ratio between total length of 1B of 100-Dollar bill and the distance between Moon and Earth is equal to 0.41%.
From the figure above, we conclude that the percentage between total length of 1T of 1-Dollar bill and the distance between Moon and Earth is equal to 40608% while the percentage between total length of 1T of 100-Dollar bill and the distance between Moon and Earth is equal to 406%.
Distance sun to Earth
“The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the energy mainly as visible light, ultraviolet, and infrared radiation. It is the most important source of energy for life on Earth.” Wikipedia
The distance between Earth and the moon is 152.06 million km
From the figure above, we conclude that the percentage between total length of 1B of 1-Dollar bill and the distance between Sun and Earth is equal to 0.10% while the percentage between total length of 1B of 100-Dollar bill and the distance between Sun and Earth is equal to 0.0010%.
From the figure above, we conclude that the percentage between total length of 1T of 1-Dollar bill and the distance between Sun and Earth is equal to 103% while the percentage between total length of 1T of 100-Dollar bill and the distance between Sun and Earth is equal to 1%.
Big amounts of money VS Highest Towers 🗼
“Burj Khalifa, as known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration in 2010, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding antenna, but including a 223 m spire[2]) of 828 m (2,717 ft), the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world since its topping out in 2009, supplanting Taipei 101” Wikipedia
From the figure above, we conclude that the height of 1B of 1-Dollar bill equales around 130 times the heigt of Khalifa Tower whilethe height of 1B of 100-Dollar bill equales around 1.30 times the heigt of Khalifa Tower.
From the figure above, we conclude that the height of 1T of 1-Dollar bill equales around 130,000 times the heigt of Khalifa Tower whilethe height of 1T of 100-Dollar bill equales around 1300 times the heigt of Khalifa Tower.
Big amounts of money VS Heaviest Creatures 🐋
“The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the biggest animal on the planet, weighing up to 400,000 pounds / 200 Tons (approximately 33 elephants) and reaching up to 98 feet in length.” World Wide Life
From the figure above, we conclude that the weight of 1B of 1-Dollar bill is equal to more than 5 blue whales while the weight of 1B of 100-Dollar bill is only equal to 0.05 of a blue whale.
From the figure above, we conclude that the weight of 1T of 1-Dollar bill is equal to more than 5000 blue whales while the weight of 1T of 100-Dollar bill is only only equal to 50 blue whales.
Conclusion
OK, thank God we have vaults, bank branches, market circulation and different types of bank recordings because It’s unthinkable to deal with big amounts of money staked in piles.
Now you knew what it means to deal with big amounts of money in terms of dimensions and weight.
Dear reader, can you do the same exercise on one of your own national currency bills? Tell us what you found in the comments.
Tell us in the comments, what is the most strange fact you found here? And what did you like 👍 or dislike 👎. Also, If you want us to talk about a certain subject in upcoming posts.
Don’t forget to check the sources in the “References” section, and check our 1st post telling about the story SKFEX. Until we meet again, read 📚 the sources well. Goodbye.
References
10 Most Secure Vaults in the World – Facts.net
All you need to know about a soccer field | World Football FAQ
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