A quick trivia question

Airhog · 07-28-2003, 10:51 PM

What percentage of money is printed on paper?

Draft Dodger · 07-28-2003, 10:54 PM

so, for clarification...

do you mean...what percentage of all "physical" money is printed on paper (as opposed to coins)?
is this by volume? weight? value?

or, do you mean what percentage of wealth is in printed, paper form?

is this US only?

Airhog · 07-28-2003, 11:30 PM

Sorry, let me clarify. What percentage of money is printed on paper in the US. And it isnt a fraction

I assume they mean the actuall printing

like the total number of coins and bills. how many are bills.

Draft Dodger · 07-28-2003, 11:41 PM

25% is my guess

JeeberD · 07-28-2003, 11:44 PM

10%

Edit: That's probabaly too high. I'll change my guess to 2%...

mckerney · 07-28-2003, 11:49 PM

66.6%

Airhog · 07-29-2003, 12:17 AM

actually mckerney the anwser I was looking for was 2/3

I was playing trivial pursuit the other night, and immediately was reminded of quicksand

MrBug708 · 07-29-2003, 12:29 AM

4% are coins?

mckerney · 07-29-2003, 12:29 AM

I was right! Actually more right than 2/3 because 66.6% does a better job showing the satanic/illuminati connections to all of this.

JeeberD · 07-29-2003, 12:32 AM

But he said that the answer wasn't a fraction!

I think that he meant that he was just waiting for someone to answer 2/3 (because that's the answer to all number questions here)...

thealmighty · 07-29-2003, 12:41 AM

"So there are twice as many bills as coins???? Hmmmmm. Don't know about that one."

The question said MONEY, not pieces, so it would take a pocketful of coins to make $5, but only one bill. You see more coins, but they are not much in the way of actual $$$.

JeeberD · 07-29-2003, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Airhog
like the total number of coins and bills. how many are bills.

I would take this statement to mean total number of bills versus coin, not total values of bills versus coin....

Airhog · 07-29-2003, 01:09 AM

JeeberD: that is what I assumed the question was asking.

JeeberD · 07-29-2003, 01:17 AM

Sorry, that was actually a response to thealmighty. I think he misunderstood the question...

dacman · 07-29-2003, 01:46 AM

0% -- US bills are printed on cotton and linen, not wood pulp.

07-28-2003, 10:54 PM	#2
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	so, for clarification... do you mean...what percentage of all "physical" money is printed on paper (as opposed to coins)? is this by volume? weight? value? or, do you mean what percentage of wealth is in printed, paper form? is this US only? __________________ Mile High Hockey

07-28-2003, 11:30 PM	#3
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	Sorry, let me clarify. What percentage of money is printed on paper in the US. And it isnt a fraction I assume they mean the actuall printing like the total number of coins and bills. how many are bills. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

07-28-2003, 11:41 PM	#4
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	25% is my guess __________________ Mile High Hockey

07-28-2003, 11:44 PM	#5
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	10% Edit: That's probabaly too high. I'll change my guess to 2%... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO Last edited by JeeberD : 07-28-2003 at 11:44 PM.

07-29-2003, 12:17 AM	#7
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	actually mckerney the anwser I was looking for was 2/3 I was playing trivial pursuit the other night, and immediately was reminded of quicksand __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

07-28-2003, 11:49 PM	#6
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	66.6%

07-29-2003, 12:29 AM	#8
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	4% are coins?

07-29-2003, 12:32 AM	#10
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	But he said that the answer wasn't a fraction! I think that he meant that he was just waiting for someone to answer 2/3 (because that's the answer to all number questions here)... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

07-29-2003, 12:41 AM	#11
thealmighty Pro Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: heaven	"So there are twice as many bills as coins???? Hmmmmm. Don't know about that one." The question said MONEY, not pieces, so it would take a pocketful of coins to make $5, but only one bill. You see more coins, but they are not much in the way of actual $$$. __________________ Check out The Unofficial FOFC Movie Guide Here

07-29-2003, 01:09 AM	#13
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	JeeberD: that is what I assumed the question was asking. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

07-29-2003, 01:17 AM	#14
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Sorry, that was actually a response to thealmighty. I think he misunderstood the question... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

07-29-2003, 01:46 AM	#15
dacman College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: speak to the trout	0% -- US bills are printed on cotton and linen, not wood pulp. __________________ No signatures allowed.

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