By the numbers

Published: October 9, 2005

25-- Length in feet of the giant squid photographed by Japanese scientists last month, the first time the deep-sea animal has ever been photographed alive in the wild.

$22.7-- million Amount allocated to ocean exploration by the federal government's National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration in fiscal 2005.

$104-- billion Amount that NASA plans to spend to put astronauts on the moon by 2018.

2.7-- According to recently released IRS data, percent increase in overall incomes from 2002 to 2003.

9.5-- Percent increase in income for the top one-10th of 1 percent of taxpayers.

1 in 4-- Odds that a dollar in increased overall income went to the top one-10th of 1 percent of taxpayers, who reported incomes of at least $1.3 million each.

1 in 10-- Odds that a dollar in increased overall income went to a person in the bottom 60 percent.

$47-- billion Annual total value of the $1,000-per-child tax credit signed by President Bush four years ago, touting it as a measure to help the working poor.

3 in 10-- Odds that an American child is a member of a family too poor to quality for the full credit, according to the Tax Policy Center.

3 out of 4-- Chances that one of those children has a parent who works.

97 out of 100-- Odds that a family with a household income between $75,000 and $100,000 qualifies for the full tax credit.