How Big is a Trillion Dollars?

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.

$1 000 000

Now …

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