Post by Surgeon on Jul 12, 2008 13:29:16 GMT 1
going from the roadrunner post in tech sub-forum about the numbers of zeros adter the "1" for billion etc my noodle was baking about what exactly constitutes a billion. After some searching GOGLE IS MY FRIEND 
I thought we could have some mind numbing numbers and how exactly do you pronunce them.
for example
100,000,000,000,000,000 = one hundred thousand billion
According to the traditional UK system, this works on progressions of 6 zeros behind the "1" for each progression. This is the Long Scale where every number over a billion is a million times larger.
progressions are
Million has 6
Billion has 12 zeros
Trillion has 18 zeros
Quadrillion has 24zeros
Quintillion has 30 zeros
Sextillion has 36 zeros
this is getting rediculous now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone want to have a go and set another one
132,548,423,837,979,756,310
one hundred and thirty two trillion, five hundred and forty eight thousand four hundred and twenty three billion,eight hundred and thirty seven thousand nine hundred and seventy nine million, seven hundred and fifty siz thousand three hundred and ten. Bloody hell that was a lot of typing!!!!!
Who's next
574,649,845,648,215,312,333?
I thought we could have some mind numbing numbers and how exactly do you pronunce them.
for example
100,000,000,000,000,000 = one hundred thousand billion
According to the traditional UK system, this works on progressions of 6 zeros behind the "1" for each progression. This is the Long Scale where every number over a billion is a million times larger.
progressions are
Million has 6
Billion has 12 zeros
Trillion has 18 zeros
Quadrillion has 24zeros
Quintillion has 30 zeros
Sextillion has 36 zeros
this is getting rediculous now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone want to have a go and set another one
132,548,423,837,979,756,310
one hundred and thirty two trillion, five hundred and forty eight thousand four hundred and twenty three billion,eight hundred and thirty seven thousand nine hundred and seventy nine million, seven hundred and fifty siz thousand three hundred and ten. Bloody hell that was a lot of typing!!!!!
Who's next
574,649,845,648,215,312,333?
