Million-ism

The Art of Big Numbers

© 2007 by BeBe


One = 1
Ten = 10
One Hundred = 100
One Thousand = 1,000
Ten Thousand 10,000
One Hundred Thousand = 100,000
One Million = 1,000,000
Ten Million = 10,000,000
One Hundred Million = 100,000,000
One Billion = 1,000,000,000
Ten Billion = 10,000,000,000
One Hundred Billion = 100,000,000,000
One Trillion = 1,000,000,000,000
Ten Trillion = 10,000,000,000,000
One Hundred Trillion = 100,000,000,000,000
One Quadrillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000
One Quintillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
One Sextillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One Septillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One Octillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One Nonillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One Decillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One Undecillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One Duodecillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One Tredecillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One Quattuordecillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One Quindecillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One Sexdecillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One Septendecillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One Octodecillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One Novemdecillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One Vigintillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One with 100 zeros behind it is called a Googol.

A 1 with a googol of zeros behind it is called a Googolplex.

 

The above names are the American English number names.

Hardly anyone would write a 10 with 63 zeros behind it.
Too big! Instead we would usually write 10 to the 63rd power.

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