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  2. Coupon collector's problem - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory, the coupon collector's problem refers to mathematical analysis of "collect all coupons and win" contests. It asks the following question: if each box of a given product (e.g., breakfast cereals) contains a coupon, and there are n different types of coupons, what is the probability that more than t boxes need to be bought ...

  3. Orders of magnitude (time) - Wikipedia

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    An order of magnitude of time is usually a decimal prefix or decimal order-of-magnitude quantity together with a base unit of time, like a microsecond or a million years. In some cases, the order of magnitude may be implied (usually 1), like a "second" or "year". In other cases, the quantity name implies the base unit, like "century".

  4. Football pools - Wikipedia

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    In addition, there is a special £3,000,000 prize or share of it for correctly predicting the nine score draws (draws of 1-1 or higher) when these are the only score draws on the coupon. [1] Players can win large cash prizes in a variety of other ways, under a points-based scoring system.

  5. Names of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    This section illustrates several systems for naming large numbers, and shows how they can be extended past vigintillion . Traditional British usage assigned new names for each power of one million (the long scale ): 1,000,000 = 1 million; 1,000,0002 = 1 billion; 1,000,0003 = 1 trillion; and so on. It was adapted from French usage, and is ...

  6. Quit Clipping. After Hitting 450M Visits, Coupon Site ...

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    RetailMeNot is the top coupon site in the US with 450 million visits a year to its 500,000 offers. The app will make sorting through them a breeze and could show off the power of Facebook for ...

  7. List of languages by total number of speakers - Wikipedia

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    There is no single criterion for how much knowledge is sufficient to be counted as a second-language speaker. For example, English has about 450 million native speakers but, depending on the criterion chosen, can be said to have as many as two billion speakers.

  8. Computer performance by orders of magnitude - Wikipedia

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    Terascale computing (10 12) 1.34×10 12: Intel ASCI Red 1997 supercomputer. 1.344×10 12 GeForce GTX 480 in 2010 from Nvidia at its peak performance. 2.15×10 12: iPhone 15 Pro September 2023 A17 Pro processor. 4.64×10 12: Radeon HD 5970 in 2009 from AMD (under ATI branding) at its peak performance.

  9. Millisecond - Wikipedia

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    A millisecond (from milli- and second; symbol: ms) is a unit of time in the International System of Units equal to one thousandth (0.001 or 10 −3 or 1 / 1000) of a second [ 1][ 2] or 1000 microseconds . A unit of 10 milliseconds may be called a centisecond, and one of 100 milliseconds a decisecond, but these names are rarely used. [ 3]