What is the order of illions?
After a billion, of course, is trillion. Then comes quadrillion, quintrillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, nonillion, and decillion. One of my favorite challenges is to have my math class continue to count by "illions" as far as they can.
A quintillion is equal to 1 followed by 18 zeros, or a million trillions or a billion billions, or a million million millions. Quintillions, unlike quadrillions, exhaust economic usage entirely, and therefore are rarely seen outside science.
A unit of quantity equal to 1096 (1 followed by 96 zeros).
Definition of vigintillion
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 63 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 120 zeros. amounting to one vigintillion in number.
Then, you finally reach Millinillion. Repeat with those numbers to reach Billinillion. After that comes a Trillinillion, Quadrillinillion, Quintillinillion, Sextillinillion, Septillinillion, Octillinillion, Nonillinillion, and on...
Definition of sextillion
noun, plural sex·til·lions, (as after a numeral) sex·til·lion. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 21 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 36 zeros. amounting to one sextillion in number. WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS?
Definition of quintillion
noun, plural quin·til·lions, (as after a numeral) quin·til·lion. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 18 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 30 zeros. amounting to one quintillion in number.
A unit of quantity equal to 1075 (1 followed by 75 zeros).
noun. quat·tu·or·de·cil·lion ˌkwä-tə-ˌwȯr-di-ˈsil-yən. often attributive. US : a number equal to 1 followed by 45 zeros see Table of Numbers. also, British : a number equal to 1 followed by 84 zeros see Table of Numbers.
Zillion is not actually a real number; it's simply a term used to refer to an undetermined but extremely large quantity.
What does 1 centillion look like?
noun, plural cen·til·lions, (as after a numeral) cen·til·lion. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 303 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 600 zeros.
With this definition, there is nothing (meaning: no real numbers) larger than infinity.
There's even a humongous number called vigintillion, a one with 63 zeros. But vigintillion is a shrimp compared to a googol. Googol? Notice how it's spelled: G-O-O-G-O-L, not G-O-O-G-L-E.
A unit of quantity equal to 1087 (1 followed by 87 zeros).
noun, plural quat·tu·or·de·cil·lions, (as after a numeral) quat·tu·or·de·cil·lion. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 45 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 84 zeros.
In our last blog, we discussed that we go from a million to a billion and then to a trillion. Now, after a trillion, there comes a number known as quadrillion, and then we have other numbers following it. These numbers are quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, nonillion, and decillion.
A nonillion is a real number. The number nonillion is a very large number which is written as a 1 followed by 30 zeroes! It looks like this: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
Written out, a googol looks like this: 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.
A unit of quantity equal to 10102 (1 followed by 102 zeros).
noun. oc·to·de·cil·lion ˌäk-tō-di-ˈsil-yən. US : a number equal to 1 followed by 57 zeros see Table of Numbers. also, British : a number equal to 1 followed by 108 zeros see Table of Numbers.
What is a Trevigintillion?
Trevigintillion. A unit of quantity equal to 1072 (1 followed by 72 zeros).
Duotrigintillion. A unit of quantity equal to 1099 (1 followed by 99 zeros).
1,000,000,000 (one billion, short scale; one thousand million or one milliard, one yard, long scale) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001.
noun, plural oc·to·de·cil·lions, (as after a numeral) oc·to·de·cil·lion. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 57 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 108 zeros.
The longest number with a name is the Googleplexian. A Googolplexian is a number with 10100 zeroes. Whilst larger numbers can be imagined, the Googolplexian is the largest number that could be found in the dictionary.