Not One Chance in a Centillion
| Students often use numbers that they
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| | One tredecillion-----------
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| really cannot visualize what they are
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| | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00
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| talking about. One day in class I heard
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| | ,000,000,000,000
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| a child tell another that he did not have
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| | One quattuordecillion----
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| one chance in a centillion to get a 100%.
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| | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00
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| Where did that come from? Where did
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| | ,000,000,000,000,000
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| they ever even hear this word? Many
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| | One quindecillion--------
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| children have heard the word googol
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| | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00
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| because of the internet, but not
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| | ,000,000,000,000,000,000
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| centillion. When I tried to explain how
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| | One
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| much a centillion was the child just gave
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| | sexdecillion---------1,000,000,000,000,00
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| me a blank stare. That child does not
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| | 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
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| really realize how many zeros that is.
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| | ,000,000
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| The problem with this is that even adults
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| | One
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| have no idea how to visualize this
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| | septendecillion---1,000,000,000,000,000,0
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| number. Just to write the number takes a
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| | 00,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| lot of space and time. You have probably
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| | 000,000,000,000,000,000
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| never written this number because it is a
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| | One
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| waste of your time. This article is to
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| | octodecillion-----1,000,000,000,000,000,0
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| just give you an idea of how large that
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| | 00,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| number really is on the written page. So
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| | 000,000,000,000,000,000,000
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| here is a little visualizing on some of
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| | One
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| the numbers that we use. The national
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| | novemdecillion-1,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| debt may seem large, but just be glad
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| | 000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| that it is not running in the centillion
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| | 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
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| arena.
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| | One
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| Sometimes saying the name of a number is
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| | vigintillion--------1,000,000,000,000,000
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| not very impressive, but when you look at
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| | ,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| it, it seems overwhelming. Here is a
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| | 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
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| look at some of those numbers.
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| | One
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| Such as one million--------1,000,000
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| | googol-------------10,000,000,000,000,000
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| One
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| | ,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| billion------------------1,000,000,000
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| | 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| One
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| | 00
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| trillion------------------1,000,000,000,0
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| | 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| 00
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| | 00,
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| One
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| | One
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| quadrillion-------------1,000,000,000,000
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| | centillion----------1,000,000,000,000,000
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| ,000
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| | ,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| One
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| | 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| quintillion--------------1,000,000,000,00
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| | 00,
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| 0,000,000
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| | 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| One
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| | 00,
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| sextillion---------------1,000,000,000,00
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| | 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| 0,000,000,000
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| | 00,
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| One
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| | 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| septillion---------------1,000,000,000,00
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| | 00,
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| 0,000,000,000,000
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| | 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| One
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| | 00,
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| octillion----------------1,000,000,000,00
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| | 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| 0,000,000,000,000,000
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| | 00,
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| One
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| | 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| nonillion---------------1,000,000,000,000
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| | 00,
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| ,000,000,000,000,000,000
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| | 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
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| One
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| | 00,
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| decillion---------------1,000,000,000,000
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| | 000
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| ,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
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| | Now, next time your teenager asks to take
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| One undecillion------------
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| | the car to take all his friends to the
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| 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
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| | mall and you say "Not one chance in a
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| ,000,000
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| | centillion" you will be able to visualize
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| One duodecillion----------
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| | what you are really saying. Or maybe
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| 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00
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| | better yet let him see it and he'll
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| ,000,000,000
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| | realize what you are really saying. "No!
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