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Large Number (Posted on 2003-05-06) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Assume there are approximately 5,000,000,000 people on earth. What would you estimate to be the result, if you multiply together the number of fingers on every person's left hands?

(If you cannot estimate the number, then try to guess how long the number would be.)

  Submitted by chris    
Rating: 3.8571 (7 votes)
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The product of the number of fingers on the left hand is zero. It only takes one person to have no fingers on their left hand for the product to be zero, because anything multiplied by zero is zero.

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  Subject Author Date
SolutionAnswerMath Man2011-08-25 20:51:51
SolutionPuzzle SolutionK Sengupta2007-04-19 01:52:58
Some ThoughtsProblem SolutionK Sengupta2007-04-19 01:52:07
SolutionVagueness of the question...sassy2004-06-16 18:45:06
re: I'll take a stab at thisGamer2003-05-30 16:32:04
I'll take a stab at thismark hartman2003-05-13 19:04:51
what the answer should be if its notethan2003-05-10 14:13:04
fingersashley2003-05-10 13:22:17
That's something most ppl don't think about lolzMichelle2003-05-09 18:04:47
re: SolutionJon2003-05-09 06:57:13
Solutionkatey2003-05-08 11:04:13
re: Try this numberJay Stone2003-05-06 15:38:45
re(3): solutionGamer2003-05-06 11:18:37
re(2): solutionlevik2003-05-06 10:14:01
re: solutionarbor2003-05-06 09:06:41
re: Try this numberJon2003-05-06 08:06:56
SolutionsolutionCharlie2003-05-06 08:06:48
Try this numberBrian Smith2003-05-06 07:58:44
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