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How much is a Trillion?

How much is a Million?

How much is a Billion?

How much is a Trillion?

What's the difference between
a million, a billion, a trillion?

A million seconds is 12 days.
A billion seconds is 31 years.
A trillion seconds is 31,688 years. 

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Z Scores

Normal Curve

The z-score

The number of standard deviations from the mean is called the z-score and can be found by the formula

x  –  m
z  =    ——–
s

x is the value

m is “mu”, the mean

s is standard deviation

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Quartiles

Quartile is another term referred to in percentile measure. The total of 100% is partitioned in three places, Q1, Q2, and Q3.

  • Lower Quartile is the 25th percentile.  (0.25)
  • Median Quartile is the 50th percentile. (0.50) 
  • Upper Quartile is the 75th percentile.  (0.75)

Example:

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