Gold is measured in troy ounces. 14.6 troy ounces make up a pound. Gold was priced at $18.96 an ounce in 1900. The total value in 1900 would have been $27,681,600. Today gold is $1,190 an ounce. The value of 100000 of pounds of gold today would be $1,737,400,000
Approx 70128. It will be 24 fewer if the period spans a century year which is not divisible by 400 (eg 1900, or 2100).
but the real answer is $40 in 1900 is worth $1,252.45 today so 1,252.45 $40
In today's terms the Roman numerals MCM converted into Hindu-Arabic numerals are 1900.
1900
there were fewer farms but they were larger
Fewer farmers, bigger farms, more mechanization.
Fewer farmers, bigger farms, more mechanization.
Fewer than 10.000
60%
In the period1865 to 1900 How did the US government aid development of the west from?
Farms. Even forty years later, at the 1900 census, 90% of Americans lived on farms or in towns with less than 2500 people. There were a few larger cities, but nowhere near the size they are today. Even New York City had about 1/8th of the population it has now in 1860. Everybody was a farmer.
A British Pound in 1900 has the purchasing power of about £72 GBP today.
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As late as the start of World War II, half of Americans lived on farms. Today, about 5% do. In 1900, we were essentially an agrarian nation. Bu 1940, we were about half-and-half. Today, we are an industrial nation, for the large part.
In the year 1900, approximately 60% of Americans lived on farms or in small communities. This was a time when agriculture was a major part of the American economy, and rural areas were more populated than urban centers.
If you put $25000 under your mattress in 1900, today it would be worth $25000