WHAT IS A MILLION?

BIC BALL POINT PEN

• Each BIC® ballpoint pen can produce up to two miles of writing.
• We were given 1,000,000 pens, or 2,000,000 miles worth of ink.
• The circumference of Mars is 13,000 miles around.
• 13,000 x 150= 1,950,000 miles
• 1,000,000 pens can write for just a bit over 150 times around Mars.

BIC BALL POINT PEN

• Each BIC® ballpoint pen can produce up to two miles of writing.
• The legal size of a pro soccer ball is 28 inches in circumference
• There are 63,360 inches in a mile.
• 1 mile= approx 2,000 soccer balls (60,000/30) so 1 pen= 4,000 balls
• 1,000,000 BIC pens = 4,000,000,000 soccer balls (4,000 x 1,000,000)

BIC BALL POINT PEN

• Each BIC® ballpoint pen can produce up to two miles of writing.
• The circumference of the Sun is 2,750,000 miles around.
• 2,750,000/2= 1,375,000 pens per time around
• 1,375,000 x 727= 999,625,000 pens.
• 1,000,000,000 pens= approximately 727 times around the Sun.

BIC BALL POINT PEN

• The distance between Mars and Earth is approx 50,000,000 miles.
• 1,000,000,000 pens = 2,000,000,000 miles of writing
• 2,000,000,000/ 50,000,000= 40
• 1 billion BIC pens can write from Earth to Mars 40 times.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG

• The Happy Birthday Song takes twenty seconds on average to sing
• 20 seconds = 3 times a minute (60 sec/20 sec=3)
• 180 times an hour (60 minutes x 3) = 4,230 times a day (180 x 24)
• 1,000,000 Happy Birthday Songs would take approx 250 days to sing
• 1,000,000/4,000= 250

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG

• 1,000,000 songs would take 250 days
• The average length of a 2014 MLB game was 3 hours and 8 minutes
• That means around 8 games could be played a day. (24 hrs/3 hrs= 8)
• In 250 days 2,000 MLB games could be played. (250 x 8=2,000)
• 1,000,000 Happy Birthday Songs could be sung equal to 2,000 MLB games.

HAPPY BIRHTDAY SONG

• 1,000,000 songs takes 250 days
• From Althoff to the Arch takes 20 minutes, or 3 times in an hour.
• The commute can be done 72 times a day (3 x 24= 72)
• 72 times a day x 250= 18,000 times in 250 days
• 18,000 trips can be taken whilst singing Happy Birthday 1,000,000 times.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG

• 1,000,000,000 songs can be sung in 685 years.
• 1,000,000,000/4,000 times a day= 250,000 days
• 250,000 days/365= approx 685 years

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG

• The Apollo missions took three days to get to the Moon from Earth
• In one year 121 trips could be made there. (365/3)
• In 685 years 82,885 trips could be made there. (121 x 685)
• 685 years= 1,000,000,000 Happy Birthday Songs
• 1,000,000,000 songs= 82,885 trips to the moon

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG

• It takes two day to drive from Miami, FL to Seattle, WA
• The trip can be made 182.5 times a year. (365/2)
• 125,012.5 trips can be made in 685 years. (182.5x685)
• 1,000,000,000 songs mean 125,012.5 cross counry road trips!