Names of large numbers

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Overview

United States

There are two main ways of using words to write large numbers. The American way or "Short form" for naming large numbers is different from the European way or "Long form" of naming large numbers. This is mainly because of American finance. Short form numbering is based on thousands and Long form is based on millions. Because of this, in Short form a billion is one thousand millions (10⁹) while in Long form it is one million millions (10¹²).^[source?]

United Kingdom

The change in the United Kingdom to short form numbering happened in 1974. Today, Short form is most commonly used in most English speaking countries.^[source?]

Names for large numbers

Scientific notation	American name (Short Form)	Old European name (Long Form)	Old-British name	SI Symbol	Metric prefix
10⁰	One	One	One
10¹	Ten	Ten	Ten	da	Deca-
10²	Hundred	Hundred	Hundred	h	Hecto-
10³	Thousand	Thousand	Thousand	k	Kilo-
10⁴	Ten thousand	Ten thousand	Ten thousand
10⁵	Hundred thousand	Hundred thousand	Hundred thousand
10⁶	Million	Million	Million	M	Mega-
10⁹	Billion	Milliard	Thousand million	G	Giga-
10¹²	Trillion	Billion	Billion	T	Tera-
10¹⁵	Quadrillion	Billiard	Thousand billion	P	Peta-
10¹⁸	Quintillion	Trillion	Trillion	E	Exa-
10²¹	Sextillion	Trilliard	Thousand trillion	Z	Zetta-
10²⁴	Septillion	Quadrillion	Quadrillion	Y	Yotta-
10²⁷	Octillion	Quadrilliard	Thousand quadrillion	R	Ronna-
10³⁰	Nonillion	Quintillion	Quintillion	Q	Quetta-
10³³	Decillion	Quintilliard	Thousand quintillion
10³⁶	Undecillion	Sextillion	Sextillion
10³⁹	Duodecillion	Sextilliard	Thousand sextillion
10⁴²	Tredecillion	Septillion	Septillion
10⁴⁵	Quattuordecillion	Septilliard	Thousand septillion
10⁴⁸	Quindecillion	Octillion	Octillion
10⁵¹	Sexdecillion	Octilliard	Thousand octillion
10⁵⁴	Septendecillion	Nonillion	Nonillion
10⁵⁷	Octodecillion	Nonilliard	Thousand nonillion
10⁶⁰	Novemdecillion	Decillion	Decillion
10⁶³	Vigintillion	Decilliard	Thousand decillion
10⁶⁶	Unvigintillion	Undecillion	Undecillion
10⁶⁹	Duovigintillion	Undecilliard	Thousand undecillion
10⁷²	Trevigintillion	Duodecillion	Duodecillion
10⁷⁵	Quattuorvigintillion	Duodecilliard	Thousand duodecillion
10⁷⁸	Quinvigintillion	Tredecillion	Tredecillion
10⁸¹	Sexvigintillion	Tredecilliard	Thousand tredecillion
10⁸⁴	Septenvigintillion	Quattuordecillion	Quattuordecillion
10⁸⁷	Octovigintillion	Quattuordecilliard	Thousand quattuordecillion
10⁹⁰	Novemvigintillion	Quindecillion	Quindecillion
10⁹³	Trigintillion	Quindecilliard	Thousand quindecillion
10⁹⁶	Untrigintillion	Sexdecillion	Sexdecillion
10⁹⁹	Duotrigintillion	Sexdecilliard	Thousand sexdecillion
10¹⁰⁰	Googol	Googol	Googol
10¹⁰¹	Googolty	Googolty	Googolty
10¹⁰²	Tretrigintillion	Septendecillion	Septendecillion
10¹⁰⁵	Quattuortrigintillion	Septendecilliard	Thousand septendecillion
10¹⁰⁸	Quintrigintillion	Octodecillion	Octodecillion
10¹¹¹	Sextrigintillion	Octodecilliard	Thousand octodecillion
10¹¹⁴	Septentrigintillion	Novemdecillion	Novemdecillion
10¹¹⁷	Octotrigintillion	Novemdecilliard	Thousand novemdecillion
10¹²⁰	Novemtrigintillion	Vigintillion	Vigintillion
10¹²³	Quadragintillion	Vigintilliard	Thousand vigintillion
10¹²⁶	Unquadragintillion	Unvigintillion	Unvigintillion
10¹²⁹	Duoquadragintillion	Unvigintilliard	Thousand unvigintillion
10¹³²	Trequadragintillion	Duovigintillion	Duovigintillion
10¹³⁵	Quattuorquadragintillion	Duovigintilliard	Thousand duovigintillion
10¹³⁸	Quinquadragintillion	Trevigintillion	Trevigintillion
10¹⁴¹	Sexquadragintillion	Trevigintilliard	Thousand trevigintillion
10¹⁴⁴	Septenquadragintillion	Quattuorvigintillion	Quattuorvigintillion
10¹⁴⁷	Octoquadragintillion	Quattuorvigintilliard	Thousand quattuorvigintillion
10¹⁵⁰	Novemquadragintillion	Quinvigintillion	Quinvigintillion
10¹⁵³	Quinquagintillion	Quinvigintilliard	Thousand Quinvigintillion
10¹⁵⁶	Unquinquagintillion	Sexvigintillion	Sexvigintillion
10¹⁵⁹	Duoquinquagintillion	Sexvigintilliard	Thousand sexvigintillion
10¹⁶²	Trequinquagintillion	Septenvigintillion	Septenvigintillion
10¹⁶⁵	Quattuorquinquagintillion	Septenvigintilliard	Thousand septenvigintillion
10¹⁶⁸	Quinquinquagintillion	Octovigintillion	Octovigintillion
10¹⁷¹	Sexquinquagintillion	Octovigintilliard	Thousand octovigintillion
10¹⁷⁴	Septenquinquagintillion	Novemvigintillion	Novemvigintillion
10¹⁷⁷	Octoquinquagintillion	Novemvigintilliard	Thousand novemvigintillion
10¹⁸⁰	Novemquinquagintillion	Trigintillion	Trigintillion
10¹⁸³	Sexagintillion	Trigintilliard	Thousand Trigintillion
10¹⁸⁶	Unsexagintillion	Untrigintillion	Untrigintillion
10¹⁸⁹	Duosexagintillion	Untrigintilliard	Thousand Untrigintillion
10¹⁹²	Tresexagintillion	Duotrigintillion	Duotrigintillion
10¹⁹⁵	Quattuorsexagintillion	Duotrigintilliard	Thousand duotrigintillion
10¹⁹⁸	Quinsexagintillion	Tretrigintillion	Tretrigintillion
10²⁰¹	Sexsexagintillion	Tretrigintilliard	Thousand Tretrigintillion
10²⁰⁴	Septensexagintillion	Quattuortrigintillion	Quattuortrigintillion
10²⁰⁷	Octosexagintillion	Quattuortrigintilliard	Thousand quattuortrigintillion
10²¹⁰	Novemsexagintillion	Quintrigintillion	Quintrigintillion
10²¹³	Septuagintillion	Quintrigintilliard	Thousand Quintrigintillion
10²¹⁶	Unseptuagintillion	Sextrigintillion	Sextrigintillion
10²¹⁹	Duoseptuagintillion	Sextrigintilliard	Thousand sextrigintillion
10²²²	Treseptuagintillion	Septentrigintillion	Septentrigintillion
10²²⁵	Quattuorseptuagintillion	Septentrigintilliard	Thousand septentrigintillion
10²²⁸	Quinseptuagintillion	Octotrigintillion	Octotrigintillion
10²³¹	Sexseptuagintillion	Octotrigintilliard	Thousand octotrigintillion
10²³⁴	Septenseptuagintillion	Novemtrigintillion	Novemtrigintillion
10²³⁷	Octoseptuagintillion	Novemtrigintilliard	Thousand novemtrigintillion
10²⁴⁰	Novemseptuagintillion	Quadragintillion	Quadragintillion
10²⁴³	Octogintillion	Quadragintilliard	Thousand quadragintillion
10²⁴⁶	Unoctogintillion	Unquadragintillion	Unquadragintillion
10²⁴⁹	Duooctogintillion	Unquadragintilliard	Thousand unquadragintillion
10²⁵²	Treoctogintillion	Duoquadragintillion	Duoquadragintillion
10²⁵⁵	Quattuoroctogintillion	Duoquadragintilliard	Thousand duoquadragintillion
10²⁵⁸	Quinoctogintillion	Trequadragintillion	Trequadragintillion
10²⁶¹	Sexoctogintillion	Trequadragintilliard	Thousand trequadragintillion
10²⁶⁴	Septenoctogintillion	Quattuorquadragintillion	Quattuorquadragintillion
10²⁶⁷	Octooctogintillion	Quattuorquadragintilliard	Thousand quattuorquadragintillion
10²⁷⁰	Novemoctogintillion	Quinquadragintillion	Quinquadragintillion
10²⁷³	Nonagintillion	Quinquadragintilliard	Thousand quinquadragintillion
10²⁷⁶	Unnonagintillion	Sexquadragintillion	Sexquadragintillion
10²⁷⁹	Duononagintillion	Sexquadragintilliard	Thousand sexquadragintillion
10²⁸²	Trenonagintillion	Septenquadragintillion	Septenquadragintillion
10²⁸⁵	Quattuornonagintillion	Septenquadragintilliard	Thousand septenquadragintillion
10²⁸⁸	Quinnonagintillion	Octoquadragintillion	Octoquadragintillion
10²⁹¹	Sexnonagintillion	Octoquadragintilliard	Thousand octoquadragintillion
10²⁹⁴	Septennonagintillion	Novemquadragintillion	Novemquadragintillion
10²⁹⁷	Octononagintillion	Novemquadragintilliard	Thousand novemquadragintillion
10³⁰⁰	Novemnonagintillion	Quinquagintillion	Quinquagintillion
10³⁰³	Centillion	Quinquagintilliard	Thousand quinquagintillion
10³⁰⁶	Uncentillion	Unquinquagintillion	Unquinquagintillion
10³⁰⁹	Duocentillion	Unquinquagintilliard	Thousand unquinquagintillion
10³¹²	Trescentillion
10³¹⁵	Quattuorcentillion
10³¹⁸	Quincentillion
10³²¹	Sexcentillion
10³²⁴	Septencentillion
10³²⁷	Octocentillion
10³³⁰	Novemcentillion
10³³³	Decicentillion
10³⁶³	Viginticentillion
10³⁹³	Triginticentillion
10⁴²³	Quadragintacentillion
10⁴⁵³	Quinquagintacentillion
10⁴⁸³	Sexagintacentillion
10⁵¹³	Septuacentillion
10⁵⁴³	Octogintacentillion
10⁵⁷³	Nonagintacentillion
10⁶⁰³	Ducentillion
10⁹⁰³	Trecentillion
10¹²⁰³	Quadringentillion
10¹⁵⁰³	Quingentillion
10¹⁸⁰³	Sescentillion
10²¹⁰³	Septingentillion
10²⁴⁰³	Octingentillion
10²⁷⁰³	Nongentillion
10³⁰⁰³	Millinillion
10⁶⁰⁰³	Billinillion
10⁹⁰⁰³	Trillinillion
10^10¹⁰⁰	Googolplex
10^{^{10^10³⁴}}	Skewes' Number
10^Googolplex	Googolplexian
10^{Googolplexian}	Googolplexianth
3↑↑...↑↑3	Graham's Number

There is also the number googol, which is a 1 with 100 zeros behind it (10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000), and the number googolplex, which is a 1 with a googol of zeros behind it, (10^Googol). There is also Googolplexian (10^Googolplex) and Googolplexianth (10^{Googolplexian})

The name centillion was devised in the 19th century for the 100th "illion", being 10³⁰³ in short form and 10⁶⁰⁰ in long form, and is much bigger than googol.

The number TREE 3 is so incomprehensibly big it dwarfs every other number compared to it, far surpassing even exponential growth or the number of atoms in the known universe. It originates from a mathematical game about arranging trees (graph structures) under specific rules, where the challenge is to avoid repeating any previously created tree patterns.^[2]

History

Prehistory

Numbers were first used by prehistoric tribes. Those prehistoric tribes invented numbers as a way to measure and calculate items, something which required counting. More advanced prehistoric tribes later invented mathematics and they started adding, subtracting, and multiplying as a way to measure and calculate more advanced and complex items and certain fields.

Bronze Age

Large numbers were first used by ancient civilizations such as Sumer, Ancient Egypt, Akkad, Babylonia, the Hittite Empire, Rome, and Greece, for measuring and calculating items. As civilizations grew more complex, numbers did as well.^[source?]

Renaissance

The words billion and trillion, and millions were first written to describe extremely large numbers in 1475 by Jehan Adam. In 1484, Nicolas Chuquet used the words million, billion, trillion, and even further to write and describe way much larger numbers.^[3]^{[better source needed]} Adam and Chuquet both used long scale. For example, Adam's billion (Chuquet's (bi)llion) was used to write 10¹².^[4]^{[better source needed]} While these were the first writings that used these words, Adam and Chuquet were probably not the creators of the words. The word million comes from the Old Italian millione.^[3]^[5] These words were also probably commonly used before the books were written.^[3]

Names Of Large Numbers Media

Page where Chuquet first describes the naming method for "zillions".

Other websites

Counting Really,REALLY,REALLY High
Naming Large Numbers Archived 2022-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
Pointless Big Numbers

References

↑ "Names of Large Numbers | Billion, Trillion, Googolplex | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
↑ "The Enormity of the Number TREE(3) Is Beyond Comprehension". Popular Mechanics. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Flegg, Graham (1985). Flegg, Cynthia; Moss, Barbara (eds.). Nicolas Chuquet, Renaissance Mathematician. D. Reidel. p. 29. ISBN 978-90-277-1872-3.
↑ "Large Numbers -- Notes (page 2) at MROB". www.mrob.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
↑ "Definition of MILLION". www.merriam-webster.com. 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

[1] "Names of Large Numbers | Billion, Trillion, Googolplex | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

[2] "The Enormity of the Number TREE(3) Is Beyond Comprehension". Popular Mechanics. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2024-12-09.

[:0-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Flegg, Graham (1985). Flegg, Cynthia; Moss, Barbara (eds.). Nicolas Chuquet, Renaissance Mathematician. D. Reidel. p. 29. ISBN 978-90-277-1872-3.

[4] "Large Numbers -- Notes (page 2) at MROB". www.mrob.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

[5] "Definition of MILLION". www.merriam-webster.com. 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

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