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Numbers in the News
The fifth-largest gem-quality diamond ever found (See "910" below)
$306 billion
The cost of damage caused by hurricanes and wildfires in the U.S. in 2017, making it the most expensive year for natural disasters on record.
23,249,425
The number of digits in the largest known prime number—one that can’t be divided evenly by another number. A man in Tennessee recently discovered it.
910
The weight in carats of a recently discovered diamond—the fifth-largest gem-quality diamond ever found. It was unearthed in the kingdom of Lesotho.
90
The percent of wildlife at risk of death in a country at war, according to a new study.
2
The number of hours a hypersonic jet being developed in China would take to fly from Beijing to New York City.