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Blues Heron

(9,004 posts) Mon Feb 24, 2014, 11:13 AM Feb 2014

If a dollar were a grain of sugar game [View all]

If a dollar were a grain of sugar
A teaspoonful would be $20,000
A million dollars would be a cup of sugar
5 billion would be a one ton pile
food for thought...

(1 tsp sugar = 20,000 grains = 4 grams)

(Just trying one of those visualization exercises, please post other examples!)

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If a dollar were a grain of sugar game [View all] Blues Heron Feb 2014 OP

I heard Johnny Carson say once pipoman Feb 2014 #1

Good one Blues Heron Feb 2014 #3

Speaking of which frazzled Feb 2014 #2

Gives new meaning to the old "hi, could I borow a cup of sugar please" ! Blues Heron Feb 2014 #4