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Numbers After Trillion Aa Numbers after trillion aa Continue Edit Comments Share Adventure Communist uses a special rating for large numbers, which are often used to count resources. Despite the common use of the abbreviation K per 1000 in real life, this abbreviation is only used in the game on rare occasions and should not be used on Communist Adventure Wiki articles unless it does not otherwise justify it. Letters Name Scientific Rating K Thousand 103 M Million 106 B Billion 109 T Trillion 1012 AA Quadrillion 1015 BB Quintillion 1018 CC Sextillion 1021 DD Septillion 1 1027 FF Nonillion 1030 GG Decillion 1033 HH Undecillion 1036 II Duodecillion 1039 JJ Tredecillion 1042 KK Queattuordecillion 1045 LL Quindecillion 1048 MM Sexdecillion 1051 NN Septendecillion 1054 OO Octodecillion 1057 PP Novemdecillion 106 0 QQ Vigintillion 1063 RR Unvigintillion 1066 SS Duovigintillion 1069 TT Trevigintillion 1072 UU Quattuorvigintillion 1075 VV Quinvigintillion 1078 WW Sexvigintillion 1081 XX Septemvigintillion 1084 YY Octovintillion 1087 ZZ Novemvigintillion 1090 AAA Trigintillion 1093 BBB Untrigintillion 1096 CCC Duotritrigintillion 1099 DDD Tretrigintillion 10102 EEE Quattuortrigintillion 10105 FFF Quintrigintillion 10108 GGG Sextrigintillion 10111 HHH Septentrigintillion 10114 III Octotrigintillion 10117 JJJ Novemtri 10120 KFC Quadrigintillion 10123 LLL Unquadragintillion 10126 MMM Duophagintillion 10129 NNN Trequadragintillion 10132 OOO Quattuorordradragintillion 10135 PPP Quindraquagintillion 10138 QQQ Sexquadragintillion 10141 RRR Septenquadragintillion 10144 SSS Octoquadragintillion 10147 TTT Novemquadragintillion 10150 UUU Quinquagintillion 10153 VVV Unquinquagintillion 10156 WWW Duoquinquagintillion 10159 XXX Trequinquagintillion 10162 YYY Quattuorquinquagintillion 10165 ZZZ Quinquiquagintillion 10168 AAAA Sexquinquagintillion 10171 BBBB Septenquinquagintillion 10174 CCCC Octoqui quaquagintillion 10177 DDDD Novemquinquagintillion 10180 EEEE Sexagintillion 10183 FFFF Unsexagintillion 10186 GGGG Duosechagintillion 10189 HHHH Tresexagintillion 10192 IIII Quattuorsexagintillion 10195 JJJJ Quinsexagintillion 10198 KKKK Sexsexagintillion 10201 LLL Septensexagintillion 10204 MMMM Octosexagintillion 10207 NNN Novemsexagintillion 10210 OOOO Septuagintillion 10213 PPPP Unseptuagintillion 10216 QQQQ Duosuagintillion 10219 RRRR Treseptuagintillion 10222 SSSS Quattuorseptuagintillion 10225 TTTT Quinseptuagintillion 10228 UUU Sexseptuagintillion 10231 VVVV Septenseptuagintillion 10234 WWWW Octoseptuagintillion 10237 XXXX Novemseptuagintillion 10240 YYYY Octogintillion 10243 ZZZZ Unoctogintillion 10246 AAAAA Duooctogintillion 10249 BBBBB Treoctogintillion 10 252 CCCCC Quattuoroctoogintillion 10255 DDDDD Quinoctogintillion 10258 EEEEE Sexoctogintillion 10261 FFFFF Septemoctogintillion 10264 GGG Octooctoctogintillion 10267 HHHHHH 10270 IIIII Nonintillion 10273 JJJJ Unnonagintillion Unnonagintillion KKKKK Dunonagintillion 10279 LLLLL Trenonagintillion 10282 MMMMM Quattuornonagintillion 10285 NNNNN Quinnonagintillion 10288 OOOOO Sexnonagintillion 10291 P PPPPP Septennonagintillion 10294 QQQQQ Octononagintillion 10297 RRRR Novemnonagintillion 10300 SSSSS Centillion 10303 TTTTT Uncentillion 10306 IN. FIN M Infinity (179.76 TTTTT) ∞ Note: Between JJJ and LLL is KFC instead of KKK for obvious reasons. Also, before the 5.3 update, JJJJ was ignored due to a bug. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise stated. Don't know how many come after a trillion? Interested in the names of other very large numbers? What exactly is a Googol? Read on to find out what comes after trillions, the name of each important number that is larger than trillions, and some ways to help you conceptualize extremely great values. What comes after Billion? What's after trillions? Billion is a 1 with 12 zeros after it, and it looks like this: 1,000,000,000,000.000. The next number named after trillion is quadrillion, which is a 1 with 15 zeroes after it: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000. There are, of course, many numbers between trillion and quadrillion, but it's not up to quadrillion that this number value actually gets a new name. The figures between the two would always include the word trillion: two trillion, one hundred trillion, etc. As you can see in the graph in the next section, there is a new name every time the power of a large number increases by 3. Large number names Although the trillion is an incredibly large number, there are actually many numbers that are larger than it. Here is a graph of all the significant numbers that come after trillions. The numbers are written with a scientific notation to make them easier to read and understand. Name Number Million 1 x 106 Billion 1 x 109 Trillion 1 x 1012 Quadrillion 1 x 1015 Quintillion 1 x 1018 Sextillion 1 1 x 1021 Septillion 1 x 1024 Octillion 1 x 1027 Nonillion 1 x 1030 Decillion 1 x 1033 Undec 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 11036 Duodecillion 1 x 1039 Tredecillion 1 x 1042 Quattuordecillion 1 x 1045 Quindecillion 1 x 1048 Sexdecillion 1 x 1051 Septendecillion 1 x 1054 Octodecillion 1 x 1057 Novemdecillion 1 x 1060 Vigintillion 1 x 1063 Unvigintillion 1 x 1066 Duovitintillion 1 x 1069 Trevigintillion 1 x 1072 Quattuorvigintillion 1 x 1075 Quin 1 x 1078 Sexvigintillion 1 x 1081 Septenvigintillion 1 x 1084 Octovintillion 1 x 1087 Nonvigintillion 1 x 1 x 1084 Octovitintillion 1 x 1087 Nonvigintillion 1 x 1 x 1090 Trigintillion 1 x 1093 Untrigintillion 1 x 1096 Duotrigintillion 1 x 1099 Ten-duotrigintillion (or Googol) 1 x 10100 Skewer Number 1 x 10130 Centillion 1 x 10303 Googolplex 1 x 1010100 Number As you can see, for most of the graph, the power of 10 increases by three for each new number, which means you add three additional zeros at the end of the number to get the next number. For example, a billion is a 1 with nine zeros after it or: 1,000,000,000. Trillion, next is a 1 with twelve zeroes after it, or: 1,000,000,000,000. This pattern continues until you get to Dix-duotrigintillion, more commonly known as Googol (yes, that's where the Google search engine got their name). There are no names for numbers between Googol Skewer, 's Number, Centillion, or Googolplex. You may have noticed that zillion is not here. Zillion is not actually a real number; it is simply a term used to describe an indeterminate but extremely large quantity. Understanding the large numbers You can see all the massive key numbers by looking at the chart above, but what do these numbers actually mean, and how can you understand them? It can be difficult, if not impossible, to conceptualize an extremely large number, but there are a few tricks to get a general idea of their size. Billion is one of the smallest numbers in the chart, but it's still an incredibly large number. If you were trying to count to a trillion, it would take you about 31,709 years to do it! A googol, or a 1 with a hundred zeros after, similar to this when it is written: 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 0.000.000.000.000.000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.000.000. Writing a lot like that can sometimes give a better idea of the size it actually is compared to the use of scientific notation. And what about a googolplex, one of the massive numbers in the picture? A googolplex is 1 followed by a googol of zeroes. A googolplex is so many that there is really no known use for it yet in mathematics, and some mathematicians and astronomers hypothesize that a googolplex is even greater than the number of atoms in the universe. But, there are even larger numbers than a googolplex. The number of Skewes, developed by mathematician Stanley Skewes, is 10th to 10th to 10th to 34th. Skewes was particularly interested in prime numbers, and, when his number was introduced in 1933, he was described by a colleague as the greatest number who ever served any purpose defined in mathematics. However, the number of Skewes has since lost this distinction to the number of Graham, which is currently designated as the largest number in the world. Graham's number, which cannot be written with conventional notation, was developed by mathematician R.L. Graham. It is so great that even if all the matter in the universe were converted into pens and ink, it would still not be enough to write the number in its entirety. Summary: What comes after Billion? What's after trillions? The next number after trillion is quadrillion, or a 1 with 15 zeroes after it: Knowing the names of many can be helpful if you work with extremely large values or do higher-level mathematics. At present, the most well-known number is the number of Grahams, which is too large and complicated to be written or conceptualized. Conceptualized. Next? Writing a research paper for the school, but you don't know what to write? Our guide to paper research topics has over 100 topics in ten categories so you can be sure to find the perfect topic for you. Learn more about natural newspapers? Check out our guide to the 11 natural diary rules you need to know for ace on this topic. What is dynamic balance and what does it have to do with rusty cars? Find out by reading our comprehensive guide to dynamic balance. Article from the Wikimedia List This article requires additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding quotes to reliable sources. Non-source materials can be challenged and removed. Find sources: Names of large numbers - news Newspapers Books scholar JSTOR (October 2016) (Find out how and when to delete this template message) This article lists and discusses the use and derivation of large number names, as well as their possible extensions. The following table lists the names of large numbers found in many English dictionaries and therefore claim to be real words. The traditional British values presented are unused in American English and obsolete in British English, but their variants of other languages are dominant in many non-English speaking regions, including continental Europe and The Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America; see Long and short scales.
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