I really need help with this focus problem how would I go about this I know the size of the national debt is 23 trillion and I know that the thickness of the dollar bill is 0.0043inches thick but I don’t know what to do from there.
Have you ever thought about the size of the US national debt? Have you ever pondered the literal size of weight of it? How large is the US national debt right now, and more important, how do you make sense of a number that large?
How high would the debt stack if it were represented with $1 bills? What if it were represented with the largest denomination in circulation today? How much area would the debt cover if it were represented with a single layer of $1 bills? Could you carpet the United States with its own debt? How much would the debt weigh if it were represented with $1 bills? What if it were represented with quarters?
Put each of your answers into perspective by comparing the answer to some common object. For example, you might consider the distance to the moon or the weight of the the Titanic.
How long would it take the country to pay off the national debt if everyone contributed at a certain rate? How does our national debt compare to the economy of another country? Use some international comparison to put it into perspective.
To understand the true size of the national debt, there are numerous factors to consider. How else could we investigate this situation?
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