| Name of Number | Power of Ten | Multiples of 3 [OOM] | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| one | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| thousand | 3 | 1 | 1,000 |
| million | 6 | 2 | thousand × thousand |
| billion | 9 | 3 | thousand × million |
| trillion | 12 | 4 | thousand × billion; or, million × million |
| 10 trillion | 13 | 41/3 | U.S. Federal Debt [$] (2008) |
| 100 trillion | 14 | 42/3 | # cells in human body |
| quadrillion | 15 | 5 | thousand × trillion; or, million × billion |
| quintillion | 18 | 6 | thousand × quadrillion; or, million × trillion; or, billion × billion |
| sextillion | 21 | 7 | thousand × quintillion; or, million × quadrillion; or, billion × trillion |
| septillion | 24 | 8 | 1.7 × Avogadro's number |
| googol | 100 | 331/3 | sextillion × (# photons in universe) |
| googolplex | googol | googol/3 | Zimbabwe's % hyperinflation |
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
U.S. Federal Debt in Perspective
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