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  2. Names of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    1 1 10 6: Million Million Million M Mega-2 1 10 9: Billion Thousand million Milliard G Giga-3 2 10 12: Trillion Billion Billion T Tera-4 2 10 15: Quadrillion Thousand billion Billiard P Peta-5 3 10 18: Quintillion Trillion Trillion E Exa-6 3 10 21: Sextillion Thousand trillion Trilliard Z Zetta-7 4 10 24: Septillion Quadrillion Quadrillion Y ...

  3. Trillion - Wikipedia

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    Visualization of 1 trillion (short scale) A Rubik's cube, which has about 43 trillion (long scale) possible positions. Trillion is a number with two distinct definitions: 1,000,000,000,000, i.e. one million million, or 10 12 (ten to the twelfth power), as defined on the short scale. This is now the meaning in both American and British English.

  4. Large numbers - Wikipedia

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    10 12 = 1,000,000,000,000 = 1 trillion; ... 1 million billion = 1 ... two very large numbers are both "approximately" equal to the larger one.

  5. History of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    The context is an account of a contest including writing, arithmetic, wrestling and archery, in which the Buddha was pitted against the great mathematician Arjuna and showed off his numerical skills by citing the names of the powers of ten up to 1 'tallakshana', which equals 10 53, but then going on to explain that this is just one of a series ...

  6. What $1 Trillion Really Looks Like, Plus More Fascinating ...

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    A $1 Bill Used To Last Just 18 Months. Small bills like the $1 are the most likely to be shoved into vending machines and crumpled up in pockets, so it’s no wonder they don’t last long.

  7. Long and short scales - Wikipedia

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    10 6, one million; 10 9, one milliard or one billion; 10 12, one trillion; etc. Other countries also use a word similar to trillion to mean 10 12 , etc. Whilst a few of these countries like English use a word similar to billion to mean 10 9 , most like Arabic have kept a traditionally long scale word similar to milliard for 10 9 .

  8. 1,000,000,000 - Wikipedia

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    One billion years may be called an eon in astronomy or geology. Previously in British English (but not in American English), the word "billion" referred exclusively to a million millions (1,000,000,000,000). However, this is not common anymore, and the word has been used to mean one thousand million (1,000,000,000) for several decades. [5]

  9. Indian numbering system - Wikipedia

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    Commonly used quantities include lakh (one hundred thousand) and crore (ten million) – written as 1,00,000 and 1,00,00,000 respectively in some locales. [1] For example: 150,000 rupees is "1.5 lakh rupees" which can be written as "1,50,000 rupees", and 30,000,000 (thirty million) rupees is referred to as "3 crore rupees" which is can be ...