Difference between revisions of "Talk:Powers of ten"
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* thousand million billion = American Hexillion 10^21 | * thousand million billion = American Hexillion 10^21 | ||
* trillion = American Heptillion (or Septillion) 10^24 | * trillion = American Heptillion (or Septillion) 10^24 | ||
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| + | However, it should be noted that the English system has now fallen into disuse and the American system of numbering is almost universally used. | ||
--[[User:AvengingAngel|AvengingAngel]] 18:50, 27 April 2007 (EDT) | --[[User:AvengingAngel|AvengingAngel]] 18:50, 27 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 22:51, April 27, 2007
The table on the page is incomplete and incorrect. Some Issues:
- The powers of ten seem to stop at 9, and clearly need to go up in threes.
- Traditionally, the English system of numbering has been as follows:
- thousand = American thousand 10^3
- million = American Million 10^6
- thousand million = American Billion 10^9
- billion = American Trillion 10^12
- thousand billion = American Quadrillion 10^15
- million billion = American Quintillion 10^18
- thousand million billion = American Hexillion 10^21
- trillion = American Heptillion (or Septillion) 10^24
However, it should be noted that the English system has now fallen into disuse and the American system of numbering is almost universally used.
--AvengingAngel 18:50, 27 April 2007 (EDT)