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A googol is the large number 10 100 or ten to the power of one hundred. In decimal notation, it is written as the digit 1 followed by one hundred zeros: 10, 000, 000 ...
If each book had a mass of 100 grams, all of them would have a total mass of 10 93 kilograms. In comparison, Earth 's mass is 5.97 × 10 24 kilograms, [ 5 ] the mass of the Milky Way galaxy is estimated at 1.8 × 10 42 kilograms, [ 6 ] and the total mass of all the stars in the observable universe is estimated at 2 × 10 52 kg.
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 ).
So too are the thousands, with the number of thousands followed by the word "thousand". The number one thousand may be written 1 000 or 1000 or 1,000; larger numbers are written for example 10 000 or 10,000 for ease of reading.
The Indian system is decimal (base-10), same as in the West, and the first five orders of magnitude are named in a similar way: one (10 0), ten (10 1), one hundred (10 2), one thousand (10 3), and ten thousand (10 4). For higher powers of ten, naming diverges.
(1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000; 1000 7; short scale: one sextillion; long scale: one thousand trillion, or one trilliard) ISO: zetta-(Z) Geo – Grains of sand: All the world's beaches combined have been estimated to hold roughly 10 21 grains of sand. [55]
A list of articles about numbers (not about numerals). Topics include powers of ten, notable integers, prime and cardinal numbers, and the myriad system.
Milli (symbol m) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one thousandth (10 −3). [1] Proposed in 1793, [2] and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin mille, meaning one thousand (the Latin plural is milia).