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  2. Names of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    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 Yotta-8 4 10 ...

  3. Orders of magnitude (numbers) - Wikipedia

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    1/52! chance of a specific shuffle Mathematics: The chances of shuffling a standard 52-card deck in any specific order is around 1.24 × 10 −68 (or exactly 1 ⁄ 52!) [4] Computing: The number 1.4 × 10 −45 is approximately equal to the smallest positive non-zero value that can be represented by a single-precision IEEE floating-point value.

  4. 68–95–99.7 rule - Wikipedia

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    For an approximately normal data set, the values within one standard deviation of the mean account for about 68% of the set; while within two standard deviations account for about 95%; and within three standard deviations account for about 99.7%. Shown percentages are rounded theoretical probabilities intended only to approximate the empirical ...

  5. Normal distribution - Wikipedia

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    The probability density of the standard Gaussian distribution (standard normal distribution, with zero mean and unit variance) is often denoted with the Greek letter . [10] The alternative form of the Greek letter phi, φ {\textstyle \varphi } , is also used quite often.

  6. 42 (number) - Wikipedia

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    42 is a pronic number, [1] an abundant number [2] as well as a highly abundant number, [3] a practical number, [4] an admirable number, [5] and a Catalan number. [6]The 42-sided tetracontadigon is the largest such regular polygon that can only tile a vertex alongside other regular polygons, without tiling the plane.

  7. Exponential growth - Wikipedia

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    All went well at first, but the requirement for 2 n−1 grains on the n th square demanded over a million grains on the 21st square, more than a million million (a.k.a. trillion) on the 41st and there simply was not enough rice in the whole world for the final squares.

  8. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Mathematics

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    Notations not entirely standard should be properly introduced and explained. Whenever a variable or other symbol is defined by a formula, make sure to say this is a definition introducing a notation, not an equation involving a previously known object. Also identify the nature of the entity being defined. Don't write: Multiplying M by u = v − ...

  9. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    [25] [26] The standard FIFA football pitch for international matches is 105 m (344 ft) long by 68 m (223 ft) wide (7,140 m 2 or 0.714 ha or 1.76 acres); FIFA allows for a variance of up to 5 m (16.4 ft) in length in either direction and 7 m (23.0 ft) more or 4 m (13.1 ft) less in width (and larger departures if the pitch is not used for ...