Have you ever wondered what a trillion really is. It is a number so big it is really hard for many people to get an idea or to really imagine what a trillion is . Well to make it a little more simple let's start with a million and work up. Now let's change a million to seconds. One million seconds are equal to about 11 and a half days. That is a surprise for most people so let's jump to a billion. Do you think you know what a billion looks like? One billion seconds is equal to about 32 years, wow. Now are you feeling what a billion dollars looks like . Now I think you can grasp on to what a trillion is so here we go. One trillion seconds are equal to a little over 31,000 years. My daughter is a school teacher and she had a blast with this in her classroom after I told her about it. The scary thing is Americas debt is like 200 trillion. How can they ever pay it back. My head just does not get around that one very easy.