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General Science => General Science => Topic started by: Hadrian on 02/05/2006 15:39:42
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How many zeros in a billion trillion?
I need it for a speech I doing tomorrow night!
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According to the calculator that comes with Yahoo
I make it 1000000000000000 (15 zeros)
That is 10000000 (7 zeros) * 100000000 (8 zeros)
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Thank you my friend. I always run out of fingers and toes (very embarrassing in shops) when I am adding up
How have you been keeping?
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I'm Ok thank you Hadrian....a bit of back ache !!..but I think that comes with sitting here and doing this !![:)]
Have you saved that Bog yet Chum ?...and How are YOU ?
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Bogged down, but I am starting to do some collecting on it next weekend.
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Yahoo, understandably, uses American usage (short scale).
According to the short scale, a billion is 10^9, and a trillion is 10^12, thus a billion trillion should be 10^21 (i.e. 1 with 21 zeroes after is), which would otherwise be known as a sextillion.
The old British usage is also known as the long scale.
According to the long scale, a billion is 10^12, and a trillion is 10^18, so a billion trillion would be 10^30 (i.e. 1 with 30 zeroes after it), which would otherwise be known as a quintillion.
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/large.html
George
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Well George 30 zeros that will look more impressive. I always thought the American were the ones who needed things bigger. Thanks
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Originally posted by Hadrian
Well George 30 zeros that will look more impressive. I always thought the American were the ones who needed things bigger. Thanks
Actually, the American gallon is smaller than the British gallon as well – so not everything is bigger in America [:)]
If you just want big numbers, according to http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/large.html, a centillion has 303 zeroes after it in the American system, and 600 zeroes after it in the old British system.
George
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Originally posted by Hadrian
I always thought the American were the ones who needed things bigger. Thanks
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No Hadrian. In America it's not how big something is, it's how well you use it.[:D][;)]
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Well what can I say to that?
How do you use a Big Mac by the way?
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How did your speech go Hadrian ?
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Originally posted by Hadrian
Well what can I say to that?
How do you use a Big Mac by the way?
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I'm assuming you are talking about the sandwich.[:)]
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Originally posted by Carolyn
I'm assuming you are talking about the sandwich.[:)]
The sandwich was designed to be used at the gambling table (or, was it gambling on the gee gees? I can't remember now).
Don't think the Big Mac had the same design criteria.[:)]
George
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What about the home of the Whopper
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Originally posted by Hadrian
What about the home of the Whopper
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Buger King trounces MaccyDees any day !!....hmmmmm !!!*drools all over his keyboard ALA H Simpson !!*............DOH !![;)]
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No Hadrian. In America it's not how big something is, it's how well you use it.[:D][;)]
So what do the American do with them then?
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Well, I can't speak for all Americans, but I don't care for either place. (I had a much better response, but it made me blush, so I deleted it.)
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Originally posted by neilep
How did your speech go Hadrian ?
It went fantastic thanks!
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how did you get 15 nielep surly its 21. 9 zeros inthe billion 12 in the trillion
oh no if you were wrong here what else were you wrong about IVE BEEN LIVING MY LIFE BY YOUR MESSAGE FOR OVER A YEAR OH NEILEP WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?
J.B.S Haldane on the perforated eardrums which were a consequence of his pressure experiments "the drum generally heals up; and if a hole remains in it, although one is somewhat deaf, one can blow tobacco smoke out of the ear in question, which is a social accomplishment".
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Hi Sharkey&george...how do you get 21.9 zeros? Is that a zero that is almost a complete circle? What is the degree on how you mark it? Or is it 9/10ths of a zero...hehe
"Lo" Loretta
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Originally posted by sharkeyandgeorge
how did you get 15 nielep surly its 21. 9 zeros inthe billion 12 in the trillion
oh no if you were wrong here what else were you wrong about IVE BEEN LIVING MY LIFE BY YOUR MESSAGE FOR OVER A YEAR OH NEILEP WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?
J.B.S Haldane on the perforated eardrums which were a consequence of his pressure experiments "the drum generally heals up; and if a hole remains in it, although one is somewhat deaf, one can blow tobacco smoke out of the ear in question, which is a social accomplishment".
Uh Oh !!..seems I'm Human like the rest of you !!..well..Super Human at least !!!
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I have not forskaen thou sharkeyandgeorge, Just testing your worthiness to follow me !! [;)]
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Supper modest too!
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