Students often use numbers that they really cannot visualize what they are talking about. One day in class I heard a child tell another that he did not have one chance in a centillion to get a 100%. Where did that come from? Where did they ever even hear this word? Many children have heard the word googol because of the internet, but not centillion. When I tried to explain how much a centillion was the child just gave me a blank stare. That child does not really realize how many zeros that is. The problem with this is that even adults have no idea how to visualize this number. Just to write the number takes a lot of space and time. You have probably never written this number because it is a waste of your time. This article is to just give you an idea of how large that number really is on the written page. So here is a little visualizing on some of the numbers that we use. The national debt may seem large, but just be glad that it is not running in the centillion arena.
Sometimes saying the name of a number is not very impressive, but when you look at it, it seems overwhelming. Here is a look at some of those numbers.
Such as one million--------1,000,000 One billion------------------1,000,000,000 One trillion------------------1,000,000,000,000 One quadrillion-------------1,000,000,000,000,000 One quintillion--------------1,000,000,000,000,000,000 One sextillion---------------1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 One septillion---------------1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 One octillion----------------1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 One nonillion---------------1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 One decillion---------------1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 One undecillion------------ 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 One duodecillion---------- 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 One tredecillion----------- 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 One quattuordecillion---- 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 One quindecillion-------- 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 One sexdecillion---------1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One septendecillion---1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000 One octodecillion-----1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000 One novemdecillion'1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 One vigintillion--------1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 One googol-------------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,
Now, next time your teenager asks to take the car to take all his friends to the mall and you say ?Not one chance in a centillion? you will be able to visualize what you are really saying. Or maybe better yet let him see it and he'll realize what you are really saying. ?No!?
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