How long would it take to count out loud to 400 trillion?

[Random Variable]

The local newspaper carries old Calvin and Hobbes comic strips daily. In today's paper Calvin has a dream in which he gets so bored counting 400 trillion rocks that he "bores himself awake."

My guess is that if you can talk really fast, it might take about 50 years of non-stop counting.

EDIT: On second thought, 50 years would not be nearly enough time.

SECOND EDIT: You could probably count to about 1.5 billion in 50 years. So counting to 400 trillion would take about 13 million years.

 

[Malak]

It might take forever.

 

[her209]

Assuming you counted an integer every second, it would take 400 trillion seconds.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Random Variable
The local newspaper carries old Calvin and Hobbes comic strips daily. In today's paper Calvin has a dream in which he gets so bored counting 400 trillion rocks that he "bores himself awake."

My guess is that if you can talk really fast, it might take about 50 years of non-stop counting.

Hey give it a shot and when you are finished come back and tell us how long it took you!

 

[keeleysam]

Try it and report back.

 

[Snapster]

Never gonna happen in your lifetime. Yes you can say 1,2,3,4,5,6 very fast, but try saying something like 167,340,483,934,125. It takes a few seconds.

 

[thirtythree]

Originally posted by: her209
Assuming you counted an integer every second, it would take 400 trillion seconds.

In that case, it would take 12,683,916.79 years. However, you couldn't say the bigger numbers in 1 second.

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Random Variable
The local newspaper carries old Calvin and Hobbes comic strips daily. In today's paper Calvin has a dream in which he gets so bored counting 400 trillion rocks that he "bores himself awake."

My guess is that if you can talk really fast, it might take about 50 years of non-stop counting.

Hey give it a shot and when you are finished come back and tell us how long it took you!

You just want me to stop posting here.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Random Variable

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Random Variable
The local newspaper carries old Calvin and Hobbes comic strips daily. In today's paper Calvin has a dream in which he gets so bored counting 400 trillion rocks that he "bores himself awake."

My guess is that if you can talk really fast, it might take about 50 years of non-stop counting.

Hey give it a shot and when you are finished come back and tell us how long it took you!

You just want me to stop posting here.

Nah not me

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: Random Variable
The local newspaper carries old Calvin and Hobbes comic strips daily. In today's paper Calvin has a dream in which he gets so bored counting 400 trillion rocks that he "bores himself awake."

My guess is that if you can talk really fast, it might take about 50 years of non-stop counting.

EDIT: On second thought, 50 years would not be nearly enough time.

I think it would take roughly 13,000,000 yrs., at 1 integer per second. There are 31,536,000 seconds in one year. But I could be way off.

 

[thirtythree]

Originally posted by: ManyBeers

Originally posted by: Random Variable
The local newspaper carries old Calvin and Hobbes comic strips daily. In today's paper Calvin has a dream in which he gets so bored counting 400 trillion rocks that he "bores himself awake."

My guess is that if you can talk really fast, it might take about 50 years of non-stop counting.

EDIT: On second thought, 50 years would not be nearly enough time.

I think it would take roughly 13,000,000 yrs., at 1 integer per second. Their are 31,536,000 seconds in one year.

See my post...