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This article lists and discusses the usage and derivation of names of large numbers , together with their possible extensions. The following table lists those names of large numbers which are found ...
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Quintillion has 18 zeros ... in Great Britain, it means 1012. The Brits add 6 zeroes per step up, and we add 3. So a British "trillion" is 1018. In a sense, the British system makes more sense--billion, trillion, quadrillion, etc., indicate 2, 3, and 4 from the roots of the names.
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18 quintillion trillion ... 24 septillion quadrillion ... In these other countries, a billion (bi meaning two) has twice as many zeros as a million, and a trillion (tri meaning three) has three times as many zeros as a million, etc. But the scientific community seems to use the American system.
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Million, billion, trillion, quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, novillion, decillion; one million has 6 0's...add 3 for every one you move up--ie billion has 9, trillion has 12.
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To the Americans, that means adding 2 more “000” groups to “1,000,” so one billion = 1,000,000,000. In the other system, a billion is a million to the second power, that is, 1,000,0002, so a billion = 1,000,000 × ... The first known recorded use of the words billion and trillion are in a work of Jehan Adam (1475)4:
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Heres what i mean Million, Billion, Trillion, Quadrillion ,Quintillion, Sextillion, Septillion, Octillion, Nonillion, Decillion, Undecillion, Doudecillion, Tredecillion, Quattuordecillion, Quindecillion, Sexdecillion, Septendecillion, Octodecillion, Novemdecillion, Vigintillion, Googol What comes after that...
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Scientists tell us the earth is 4.6 billion years old. That means it is 4,600,000,000 years old. We can also say that the earth is 4,600 million years old. If you wanted to count to 4.6 billion and each number took you one second to recite, you would be busy for 145.76 years, not including bathroom breaks.
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