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  2. Indian numbering system - Wikipedia

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    For higher powers of ten, naming diverges. The Indian system uses names for every second power of ten: lakh (10 5), crore (10 7), arab (10 9), kharab (10 11), etc. In the two Western systems, long and short scales, there are names for every third power of ten. The short scale uses million (10 6), billion (10 9), trillion (10 12), etc.

  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. Crore - Wikipedia

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    Crore (/ k r ɔːr /; abbreviated cr) denotes the quantity ten million (10 7) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. In many international contexts, the decimal quantity is formatted as 10,000,000, but when used in the context of the Indian numbering system, the quantity is usually formatted 1,00,00,000.

  5. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    Greatest mileage ever recorded by a car (3.2 million miles by a 1966 Volvo P-1800S) [38] 10 10: 10 Gm: 18 Gm Approximately one light-minute: 10 11: 100 Gm: 150 Gm 1 astronomical unit (au); mean distance between Earth and Sun 10 12: 1 terameter (Tm) 1.3 Tm Optical diameter of Betelgeuse: 1.4 Tm Orbital distance of Saturn from Sun 2 Tm

  6. History of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Panchavimsha Brahmana lists 10 9 as nikharva, 10 10 vâdava, 10 11 akṣiti, while Śâṅkhyâyana Śrauta Sûtra has 10 9 nikharva, 10 10 samudra, 10 11 salila, 10 12 antya, 10 13 ananta. Such lists of names for powers of ten are called daśaguṇottarra saṁjñâ. There area also analogous lists of Sanskrit names for ...

  7. Earth's orbit - Wikipedia

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    By astronomical convention, the four seasons are determined by the solstices (the two points in the Earth's orbit of the maximum tilt of the Earth's axis, toward the Sun or away from the Sun) and the equinoxes (the two points in the Earth's orbit where the Earth's tilted axis and an imaginary line drawn from the Earth to the Sun are exactly ...

  8. Visualize $1 Trillion and How Many Mortgage Payments It ... - AOL

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    Our friends at Mint.com have prepared this infographic to help you visualize $1 trillion in terms easier to. Trillions are the new billions, at least in Washington, D.C. But how can you wrap your ...

  9. 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 .