Names of Big Numbers
A million of anything is a really difficult amount for most people to envision. It can be thought of as one thousand thousands. If you think a million is large, consider a billion. This is 1,000 millions. Of course that's nothing compared to a trillion which is 1,000 billiions or put another way, one million millions. Each period can be thought of as 1,000 times more than the previous period. So what do you call 1,000 trillions or the other periods after that? Look no farther than the list below.
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Name |
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One million |
1,000,000 |
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One billion |
1,000,000,000 |
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One trillion |
1,000,000,000,000 |
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One quadrillion |
1,000,000,000,000,000 |
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One quintillion |
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
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One sextillion |
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
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One septillion |
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
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One octillion |
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
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One nonillion |
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
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One decillion |
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
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These numbers are getting out of hand. I'll use exponents in place of the zeros. |
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One undecillion |
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One duodecillion |
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One tredecillion |
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One quattuordillion |
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One quindecillion |
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One sexdecillion |
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One septendecillion |
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One octodecillion |
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One novemdecillion |
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One vigintillion |
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One googol |
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One googolplex |
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Of course a googolplex is not the largest number there is. It is the largest number with a name however. Tell you what, I'm going to go out on a limb here and name the number whose value is
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