Question

(a) How many days would it take you to spend $1 million if you spent $9 per minute? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)



(b) How high would a stack of 1 million pennies be? (Assume a penny is 1.55 mm thick.)

(c) How high would a stack of 1 million quarters be? (Assume a quarter is 1.75 mm thick.)

(d) How high would a stack of pennies worth 1 million dollars be? Answer in meters (m)

(e) How high would a stack of quarters worth 1 million dollars be? Answer in meters (M)

Answer 1

a.) It will take you 1,000,000 / 19 = 52,631.58 minutes = 52,631.58 / 60 = 877.19 hours = 877.19 / 24 = 37 days to spend $1 million.

b.) A penny is 1.55 mm thick, thus 1 million penny will be 1 million x 1.55 = 1,550,000 mm high.

c.) A quarter is 1.75 mm thick, thus 1 million quarter will be 1,000,000 x 1.75 = 1,750,000 mm high.

d.) 1000 mm = 1 m
Therefore, $1 million worth pennies will be 1,550,000 / 1,000 = 1,550 m high.

e.) $1 million worth quarters will be 1,750,000 / 1,000 = 1,750 m high.