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3. Seems that she has a hard time computing a billion dollars

Reply to hifiguy (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 07:33 PM

Apr 2015

$1 billion dollars = 1,000 stacks of $1 million dollars, or 10 bank accounts worth $100 million each, or the median household income ($54,000) times 18,518 ( or the equivalent median income for over 18,000 families)

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Continental Resources CEO�s ex-wife left with $1 billion divorce award [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2015 OP

While the dollar amount is large, she really deserved a larger percentage of the marital assets. tammywammy Apr 2015 #1

Anybody that whines about getting a billion dollars hifiguy Apr 2015 #2

Seems that she has a hard time computing a billion dollars AZ Progressive Apr 2015 #3

Amazin' ain't it? hifiguy Apr 2015 #4

Where did it say she was whining about getting a billion? Gormy Cuss Apr 2015 #5

It's a BILLION DOLLARS. hifiguy Apr 2015 #6

Out of a marital estate worth NINE billion at its lowest recent valuation. Gormy Cuss Apr 2015 #7

It's the percentage tammywammy Apr 2015 #8