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  2. Scientific notation - Wikipedia

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    While base ten is normally used for scientific notation, powers of other bases can be used too, [25] base 2 being the next most commonly used one. For example, in base-2 scientific notation, the number 1001 b in binary (=9 d) is written as 1.001 b × 2 d 11 b or 1.001 b × 10 b 11 b using binary numbers (or shorter 1.001 × 10 11 if binary ...

  3. Googol - Wikipedia

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    A googol is the large number 10 100 or ten to the power of one hundred. In decimal notation, ... the scientific notation for 1 googol, in order to provide a single ...

  4. Large numbers - Wikipedia

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    To compare numbers in scientific notation, say 5×10 4 and 2×10 5, compare the exponents first, in this case 5 > 4, so 2×10 5 > 5×10 4. If the exponents are equal, the mantissa (or coefficient) should be compared, thus 5×10 4 > 2×10 4 because 5 > 2.

  5. Approximation - Wikipedia

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    For example, 1.5 × 10 6 means that the true value of something being measured is 1,500,000 to the nearest hundred thousand (so the actual value is somewhere between 1,450,000 and 1,550,000); this is in contrast to the notation 1.500 × 10 6, which means that the true value is 1,500,000 to the nearest thousand (implying that the true value is ...

  6. -yllion - Wikipedia

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    -yllion (pronounced / aɪ lj ən /) [1] is a proposal from Donald Knuth for the terminology and symbols of an alternate decimal superbase [clarification needed] system. In it, he adapts the familiar English terms for large numbers to provide a systematic set of names for much larger numbers.

  7. Names of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    The Indian numbering system uses the named numbers common between the long and short scales up to ten thousand. For larger values, it includes named numbers at each multiple of 100; including lakh (10 5 ) and crore (10 7 ).

  8. Engineering notation - Wikipedia

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    Engineering notation or engineering form (also technical notation) is a version of scientific notation in which the exponent of ten is always selected to be divisible by three to match the common metric prefixes, i.e. scientific notation that aligns with powers of a thousand, for example, 531×10 3 instead of 5.31×10 5 (but on calculator displays written without the ×10 to save space).

  9. Orders of magnitude (numbers) - Wikipedia

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    100 000 000; long and short scales: one hundred million) Demography: The population of the Philippines was 100,981,437 in 2015. Internet – YouTube: The number of YouTube channels is estimated to be 113.9 million. [21] Info – Books: The British Library holds more than 150 million items. The Library of Congress holds approximately 148 million ...