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Loonie Stack Worksheet

Ontario anglers spend over 2.5 billion dollars every year on items directly or indirectly related to fishing.

If you made $2.5 billion into a stack of loonies, how high would it reach?

Number of dollars x thickness of a loonie = height

2,500,000,000 x 2mm =                                mm

                         mm /                                        mm/km =                                km

How long would it take to drive that far, averaging 80 km/hr.?

                         km / 80 km/hr. =                     hours

How many years of spending would it take for your loonie stack to circle the earth? 

Distance around the earth = 40,000 km

Distance around the earth / height of loonie stack each year = number of years

40,000 km /                            km/year =                   years

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