amyable Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I don't want to give away exactly *what* it is, so as not to skew the results. I hope I can word this understandably. She wants to know what the smallest number is that you still consider a very large number. In other words, where do large numbers (large amount) start in your mind. She also wants to know your age. She has a theory regarding age vs. the number you choose. So far she has her 6 data points from our family, and would love more. The baby's answer of "ga" didn't count. :lol: She would especially like more data points for children if you are willing to ask your kids. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 *One Million* and I am no where near that old! :D (49 and holding) Ginger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runninmommy Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 A trillion...I am 31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I did not look at any other posts yet. I am asking my kids as well. Me (40year old female) - 1000 dd (5) - 100 ds (6) - 1000 dd (10) - 50 I tried to keep them from looking at the screen and listening to each other. Ds did say that his #1000 was "larger than 100" so it is possible that his results are skewed. I hope this helps. Now I am off to read the other responses.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Wow, I guess we are just small thinkers. I wonder if it correlates to our IQs:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 For moi, a large number is over 1,000. I am 49. Note I posted this before peeking at the other posts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I'm 41. dd (19) says hundreds dd's friend (20) said 20 ds (13) says 45 That's my input for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mari Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 100--I'm 39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snickelfritz Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 32 year old--1000 3 year old--8 5 year old--100 And I had the kids answer without hearing the other one's answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaS Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 (edited) It's hard for me to just arbitrarily pick a number. It depends on the circumstances, ya know? For example, to me 10 is a large number of kids. But, not a lot of donuts. :D Seriously, though, I'd say 1,000. Oh and I'm 30. ETA: 100million according to my 42yr old dh. Edited January 12, 2009 by RebeccaS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 It's hard for me to just arbitrarily pick a number. It depends on the circumstances, ya know? For example, to me 10 is a large number of kids. But, not a lot of donuts. :D DD (13) said the same thing! If we are talking about things, then 50. If just numbers then 100. I say 10,000 and I'm 31. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Fairy Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 38yo me--100,000 40yo dh--1,000,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 It's hard for me to just arbitrarily pick a number. It depends on the circumstances, ya know? For example, to me 10 is a large number of kids. But, not a lot of donuts. :D I'm having trouble with it, too -- and now I've read the other posts, so I can't play. Now, if we were talking cash, I know what I would say. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 dd 9 - 100 me 35 - 10,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 me - 100,000 (29) DD8 - 60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 (edited) DS (age 14) -- 1,500 Me (age 52) -- 1,000 I didn't ask DS what he was thinking about, but when I think of very large numbers, I think of money. I think 100 is a lot, but not *very* large. I hate to post this because I know 1,000 is not very large to most people, and I probably sound ridiculous. I agree with the OP that it does depend on what I associate the number with. For winning the lottery, taking cash, taxes paid already, I'd say $1 million. For calories, I'd say 500. For a day's temperature, I'd say over 100. And so on. Edited January 12, 2009 by RoughCollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacey in MA Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I'm 39 (tomorrow!), have 4 kids ages 9 and under. For number of kids in a family, I'd say big starts around 6 or 8. For age, I'd say a big number is 100. For number of dollars I'd love in my bank account...$25,000,000. For number of people to fit in our country (currently maybe 300,000,000....big would be 1 billion. Totally depends. What is it we are counting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 1K (at least that is where I start to think of high numbers in terms of dollars ;)) I am 29.5 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Alfred Academy Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 one hundred thousand...I am 36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacquelyn in NC Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I'd say 1,000 was a large number. I am 34. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Me (37): Oh...I dunnoo....around 10,000 I guess. DH (38): And I quote: "Today, (because it changes, you see, depending on the day) it's 25,000." DS (11): 10 DD (6): Is asleep. Sorry. Be sure to post the results! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2boys Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 One million, and I am two weeks shy of 40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 DD - age 9: 1000 DS - age 7: 1000 DH - age 37: 1000 Me - age 34: 100,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I don't want to give away exactly *what* it is, so as not to skew the results. I hope I can word this understandably. She wants to know what the smallest number is that you still consider a very large number. In other words, where do large numbers (large amount) start in your mind. She also wants to know your age. She has a theory regarding age vs. the number you choose. So far she has her 6 data points from our family, and would love more. The baby's answer of "ga" didn't count. :lol: She would especially like more data points for children if you are willing to ask your kids. Thank you! 7, and I'm 39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Katia Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 100 and I'm 49yo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janna Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 My dh (46 yo) says 750 million (3 quarters of a billion) I say (34 yo female) 1 billion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in VA Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 One million. :) I'm 42. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 100,000. I'm 39. I'll ask the kids tomorrow. My husband likes to ask children, especially small children, how old they think he is. The answers generally range from 5 to 99, and tend towards one end or the other. (They almost always say older than they are, the 5 answers are generally from 3 or 4 year olds...they think 5 is really old!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 (edited) My 7 year old and I (age 33) both say 100. My 5 year old said 10 and my 3 year old said 3. Edited January 12, 2009 by kwiech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Me: 1,000 age 41 (I'm thinking of how much remodeling projects cost. Again over a 1,000 is always on long term hold) :D DS: "I don't know" age 11. "2?" he said with a sarcastic grin on his face. :lol: (wonder where he gets that?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetTN Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 dd (9) - one hundred myself (55) - one million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessed2fosteradopt Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Me (43): 1,000 10 year old son says 100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in TX Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 One million, and I'm 44. :o) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I say 100,000. I am 41. HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in TX Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Here are a couple more: ds, 8: one thousand. dd, 14, one trillion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamnkats Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 (edited) I don't want to give away exactly *what* it is, so as not to skew the results. I hope I can word this understandably. She wants to know what the smallest number is that you still consider a very large number. In other words, where do large numbers (large amount) start in your mind. She also wants to know your age. She has a theory regarding age vs. the number you choose. So far she has her 6 data points from our family, and would love more. The baby's answer of "ga" didn't count. :lol: She would especially like more data points for children if you are willing to ask your kids. Thank you! the smallest # would be 999 with 1000 being the first number I consider big. I'm 48. Jamie (DH) says 99; first number he considers big is 100. He is 46. 7yo says 10. Edited January 12, 2009 by jamnkats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylaw Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 100- I'm 31 1 trillion- dd age 8 17- ds age 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralloyd Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 dd6- 100 dd4- 100 Me 29- 100 I must be very simple minded :blush:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 DH, age 49: a gigabyte ME, age 43: 250,000 DS, age 13: 1,000 DH is an engineer--his answer made me laugh! I was thinking in terms of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Mandy, 40yo big number= a million and walking around my house little ds, 6yo (in the downstairs study)= 100,000 neighbor's ds 13yo (in the upstairs gameroom)= 100,000 middle ds, 15yo (in the upstairs gameroom)= There is no such thing as a big number. A number is only big in relation to something. (He is so literal he makes me crazy.) oldest ds 17yo= Numbers don't impress me. A one with a billion zeroes is like so what, but a thousand dollars in your wallet is a big and dangerous number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 A number is large when you start using exponents to keep track of the zeroes. I would say probably over 1,000,000. I am 35. DD 9 1/2 says 99,999 ds 4 1/2 says 68 ds 2 1/2 says "two" :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 oldest ds 17yo= Numbers don't impress me. A one with a billion zeroes is like so what, but a thousand dollars in your wallet is a big and dangerous number. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacim Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Depends on what we're talking about, but here's what my first thought was . . . 100 and I'm 37. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 DS1, age 14: In terms of what? The question is too vague. $15,000 DS3, age, 14: 25,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyable Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 Thank you everybody! It's been a crazy few days so we haven't had time to sit down with all the results, but it's been interesting reading everyone's thoughts. It's funny, I don't think she or I even *considered* the question of "in terms of WHAT" a number would be big. We were just thinking a general, theoretical "number". :001_huh: Maybe this is why I gave up on math in college. :lol: My dd's theory in general was that the older you are, the bigger the number you consider large would be. Hopefully I'll be able to look at all the data with her soon! Thanks again for helping us out.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in Jax Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Dh-39: 1,000 dd-15: 10,000 ds-9: 100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 ds8--5 dd5--10 dh29--250 me29--76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I would say a million because I'm fascinated that one million is one thousand one thousands. That's a really big number to me. I'm 36...I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in KY Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 dd, (under 10 years old), says 10 ds, (under 10 years old), says 11 dh, (5X8) says 20,000, but thinks he may need to recalibrate that because Barack Obama says 18 billion is a small number. I (same age as dh) immediately thought one million, but then again, I was thinking money. If we were talking about mice, rats, or groundhogs, I would say that dd's idea was more like it. Especially in the house. :tongue_smilie: Hope that helps. :001_smile: Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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