Math Monday perspectives

Hold on a second. Ever wondered what is in a number?

1,000 seconds =16 minutes 40 seconds

One million seconds =166 minutes 40 seconds or 11.5 days

One billion seconds = 31.7 years

One trillion seconds = 31, 688 years

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Neptune is 4.7 billion km from earth or 2.7 Billion miles from earth (travel time = approximately 12 years).

The moon is 4.53 billion years old. About 200 million years after the formation of the solar system.

student debt is 1.7 Trillion dollars. How does that make sense?

When “Students will have number sense, which is a major expectation by the 4th grade.” NAEP Math Framework standards.