Denominations Above One Million
Most people know 1,000 is called a thousand, and 1,000,000 is called a million, but what is a quadrillion? Or a sextillion? I he compiled this list for that purpose.
There is not a standard naming scheme for numbers over a million, and different countries call numbers different things. There are two common naming conventions, most countries use one or the other. They are the Short Scale system (formerly called the American system), and the Long Scale system (formerly called the British system.)
Short Scale system, used in the United States, post-1974 United Kingdom, English-speaking Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, and most English speaking countries not listed.
Long Scale system, used in France, Denmark, Italy, Germany, Spain, Finland, Poland, Sweden, pre-1975 United Kingdom, and others. Some long scale countries call the billion a milliard.
Some countries use neither of these two scales, including China, Japan, Greece, Korea, and India.
The list is a bit difficult to read, sorry, I couldn't write out the numbers, since a number with 600 zeros after it would take up quite a bit of room.
Number Number of Zeros Short System(American, UK) Long System(traditional British) 103 3 thousand thousand 106 6 million million 109 9 billion milliard 1012 12 trillion billion 1015 15 quadrillion --- 1018 18 quintillion trillion 1021 21 sextillion --- 1024 24 septillion quadrillion 1027 27 octillion --- 1030 30 nonillion quintillion 1033 33 decillion --- 1036 36 undecillion sextillion 1039 39 duodecillion --- 1042 42 tredecillion septillion 1045 45 quattuordecillion --- 1048 48 quindecillion octillion 1051 51 sexdecillion --- 1054 54 septendecillion nonillion 1057 57 octodecillion --- 1060 60 novemdecillion decillion 1063 63 vigintillion --- 1066 66 --- undecillion 1072 72 --- duodecillion 1078 78 --- tredecillion 1084 84 --- quattuordecillion 1090 90 --- quindecillion 1096 96 --- sexdecillion 10102 102 --- septendecillion 10108 108 --- octodecillion 10114 114 --- novemdecillion 10120 120 --- vigintillion 10303 303 centillion --- 10600 600 --- centillionThere are other names of numbers that are not part of any standard number system.
Number Number of Zeros Name 10100 100 googol 10googol (too many to write down) googolplexThough generally speaking, a googol is just a term that means "A very big number" and a googolplex is just a term that means "An unimaginably large number."
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