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  2. Indian numbering system - Wikipedia

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    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 can be written as "3,00,00,000 rupees". There are names for numbers larger than crore, but they are less commonly used.

  3. Crore - Wikipedia

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    For example 150,000,000 (one hundred and fifty million) rupees is written as "fifteen crore rupees", "₹ 15 crore". [1] In the abbreviated form, usage such as "₹ 15 cr" is common. [3] Trillions (in the short scale) of money are often written or spoken of in terms of lakh crore. For example, one trillion rupees is equivalent to: ₹ 1 lakh ...

  4. Names of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    Traditional British usage assigned new names for each power of one million (the long scale): 1,000,000 = 1 million; 1,000,000 2 = 1 billion; 1,000,000 3 = 1 trillion; and so on. It was adapted from French usage, and is similar to the system that was documented or invented by Chuquet .

  5. 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.

  6. Lakh - Wikipedia

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    A lakh (/ l æ k, l ɑː k /; abbreviated L; sometimes written lac [1]) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; scientific notation: 10 5). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the Indian 2, 2, 3 convention of digit grouping , it is written as 1,00,000. [ 3 ]

  7. History of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    Different cultures used different traditional numeral systems for naming large numbers.The extent of large numbers used varied in each culture. Two interesting points in using large numbers are the confusion on the term billion and milliard in many countries, and the use of zillion to denote a very large number where precision is not required.

  8. Numbers in Nepali language - Wikipedia

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    Nepali Number System, also known as the Devanagari Number System, is used to represent numbers in Nepali language. It is a positional number system, which means that the value of a digit depends on its position within the number. The Nepali number system uses a script called Devanagari, which is also used for writing the Nepali language. [1]

  9. Decimal separator - Wikipedia

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    In many contexts, when a number is spoken, the function of the separator is assumed by the spoken name of the symbol: comma or point in most cases. [ 6 ] [ 2 ] [ 7 ] In some specialized contexts, the word decimal is instead used for this purpose (such as in International Civil Aviation Organization -regulated air traffic control communications).