Obviously, it depends on the denomination of the bills, but how many bills would be needed to make a ton?
I recall that the Federal Reserve branch in Chicago has a cube of $1 million in singles, but can’t seem to find how much it weighs.
According to this and other sites, US bills weigh 1 gram, regardless of denomination. Given this, it would take 908,000 bills to make up one ton.
Thanks for the answer. Man, my bank account now seems literally anemic…
So, it’s lacking red blood vessels? I didn’t think you could open an account at that kind of a bank.
I don’t think that word means what you think it means. (I mean ‘literally’, not anemic.)
I agree–and it’s a bit of a pet peeve of mine because it diminishes the impact those cases when expressions actually are “literally” true.
However, “anemic” refers to a relative paucity of erythrocytes–red blood cells, not vessels. Literally.
If precise usage is very important to you, then you should immediately stop using “impact” as a synonym for “effect.”
Write however you want; I’m just saying, remove the mote from thine own eye…
How many grammatical errors in a ton?
How many nitpicks in a ton?
How many hijacks in a ton?
To beat a ton of dead horses how many horses would be required?
OK, perhaps I should have chosen “positively” instead of “literally,” but:
I was, of course, going for the second definition. And then in the sense of “99 pounds soaking wet.” So, perhaps I shouldn’t have even used anemic at all.
Using “literally” to mean “figuratively” is simply wrong and always has been.
The use of “impact” to mean “effect” has been a cause of the group I call the illiterate pedants ever since the Unabridged Webster’s 2nd Edition came out - and that was in 1961.
With over 50 years of constant use by good writers, impact has entered the category of acceptable usage.
From the American Heritage Usage Note:
That was back in 1992.
If you want to make a point about precise usage, you need a new cause. Or at least learn some language history.
The phrase “a ton of cash” is related to “a truckload of money”. A truckload means ten to a billion times more than what the speaker has.
I do know that. But, as per Guadere’s Law, I was bound to make one dumb mistake in the process of pointing out one dumb mistake.
bienville, if you think this is nitpicky and pedantic you’re on the wrong message board.
A ton of cash would be worth 2000 pounds (sterling).
Just to continue the highjack, Exapno, you should probably compare ‘affect’ in your American Heritage quote with ‘effect’ in your own second paragraph. The quote is talking about the verb; KP is not.
That seems OK to me, at least as I amended it. While ‘impact’ is metaphorical here, literal statements should have more impact than metaphors about anemia!
The weights of current US. coins are as follows:
Cent _____________2.500 g_________181.436948 per lb.
Nickel____________5.000 g_________90.718474 per lb
Dime ___2.268 g_________199.99663580246913580246913580247 per lb.
Quarter__________5.670 g 79.998654320987654320987654320988 per lb.
Half Dollar ______11.340 g_________39.999327160493827160493827160494 per lb.
Dollar ___________8.100 g_________55.999058024691358024691358024691 per lb.
Golden Dollar _____8.100 g_________55.999058024691358024691358024691 per lb.
(Quantities based on a 453.59237 gram pound and assuming freshly minted with no loss to wear or milling)
By multiplying the number of coins in a pound by 2,000, (2,240 if one chooses to ship them overseas, bulk, in long tons), and then reckoning the value of the coins thus calculated, one can determine the value of each denomination by ton.
To mix quantities of coins and/or bills, please resort to your memories of Freshman Algebra.
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I realize that grammar-and-syntax is more of a hot button issue, around here, than witnessing or the Iraq war, but there will be no more snide comments on the issue in this thread.
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I remember being in about 4th grade when the cool question came up, “Would you rather have a barrel of dimes or a barrel of dollars?” The obvious answer - dollars - was supposed to be wrong. It was an early case where intuition would lead you astray and you’d learn how to be alert to those types of questions. However, I never did know how to think about that, and without having to measure coin and bill thickness, spaces unaccounted for between coins, curved spaces in barrels, etc., is there a relatively quick way to think about this version of the OP?
A million dollars in twenty dollar bills takes approximately 2 cubic feet and weighs 110 pounds.
What if it’s a blood bank?
Whoops. Sorry, tomndebb.
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S’all right.
I am not objecting to the hijack or the humorous byplay regarding grammar.
I am simply pointing out that we have no need to get offensive, defensive, snide, or outright rude as we exchange views.
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To get a really good answer, I suppose you’d need to deal with all those things you mention, and probably more besides. For an approximation, you could lay out some dollars (silver or paper) to some thickness, and see how many dimes cover the same area to the same thickness. (Use a hexagonal grid for the coins, to get maximum density.) Then if the money is just dumped in, instead of being neatly packed, adjust that first result down to allow for wasted space. Maybe it would be easier just to try a bucket for a cheaper simulation.
(Sorry, Tom. No more grammar nits.)