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soha

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Registered: 2006-07-07

Posts: 2,530

how many 0's

i would like to know how many zeros are there in trillion and how many 0's are there any number more than trillion.

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Maelwys

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Registered: 2007-02-02

Posts: 161

Re: how many 0's

i would like to know how many zeros are there in trillion and how many 0's are there any number more than trillion.

That depends on who you ask, since there are two ways of naming big numbers. One method is that a million has 6 0s, a billion has 9 0s and a trillion has 12 0s. The other method is that a million has 6 0s, a billion has 12 0s, and a trillion has 18 0s. The former answer is become more and more common these days, though I think the latter system is still used in some parts of Europe.

MathsIsFun

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Registered: 2005-01-21

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Re: how many 0's

The science community goes with the billion is 9 0s, so I do too.

Here: Metric Numbers

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Jai Ganesh

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Registered: 2005-06-28

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Re: how many 0's

Taking over from MathsIsFun left,
a Googol contain 100 zeros.

A Centillion contains 303 zeros.

A Googolplex contains a Googol number of zeros.

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lightning

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Registered: 2007-02-26

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Re: how many 0's

there is one o in a trillion
                                  yep im a smart one just where my guy is waving

Last edited by lightning (2007-02-26 08:57:46)

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