How much is a trillion?

[FreaqyFrequency]

I posted this in another thread, but I thought, apart from the issue for which it was posted there, that it was worth its own forum.

http://orlingrabbe.com/trillions.php
http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/Taxes/million.htm
http://pickwaynesbrain.blogspot.com/...-trillion.html

If you counted to a million by one every second, you'd get there in a little over 12 days. If you counted to a billion every second, you'd arrive in about 31 years and 8-1/2 months.

And if you counted to a trillion... in 31,688 years you would be done.

This number scares me.

[GeneralElectric]

A trillion is one more than 999,999,999,999

[Oraflora]

Is it more than a Brazillian?

[flipper_gv]

hey dude wanna know a scary number?

lim X______________________ 1/X
X->0

have fun

[eleonn]

Originally Posted by GeneralElectric

A trillion is one more than 999,999,999,999

Its funny that 999,999,999,999 is 1 less than a billion in the whole planet except in US I think.

[eleonn]

Originally Posted by flipper_gv

hey dude wanna know a scary number?

lim X______________________ 1/X
X->0

have fun

You make me remember my calculus classes at the university... I HATE YOU!!!!

[Munjibunga]

What's the big deal? A trillion is only a thousand billion.

[dinghy]

And a billion is only an thousand million, a million only a thousand thousand, a thousand only a thousand ones.

one is a stone's throw away from a trillion!

[Joey3313]

Originally Posted by eleonn

Its funny that 999,999,999,999 is 1 less than a billion in the whole planet except in US I think.

It was. It isn't anymore.

US, Canada, Australia, UK, Singapore, South Africa, New Zealand, Hong Kong...etc. All use "short scale"

[lowendmafia]

In the words of Seth Myers, "let me give you an idea of how much money that is... I can't give you an idea of how much money that is."

[Deacon_Blues]

Info of the day:

AFAIK, the largest number that has an official name is called a googolplex. It is derived from one googol that equals 10¹⁰⁰. One googolplex is 10^googol.

That's a large number.

http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/googolplex


EDIT: Seems like there is one larger number: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Googolduplex

[lowendmafia]

Originally Posted by Deacon_Blues

Info of the day:

AFAIK, the largest number that has an official name is called a googolplex. It is derived from one googol that equals 10¹⁰⁰. One googolplex is 10^googol.

That's a large number.

http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/googolplex

I think that you are forgetting the almighty "spacebuck."

[Bruce Lindfield]

Originally Posted by dinghy

And a billion is only an thousand million, a million only a thousand thousand, a thousand only a thousand ones.

one is a stone's throw away from a trillion!

Your explanation shows what's wrong ...

so if 1,000 x 1,000 = 1,000,000 - million

then a billion should be million x million

and a trillion should be billion x billion !!

[Deacon_Blues]

Originally Posted by lowendmafia

I think that you are forgetting the almighty "spacebuck."

What's that?

[Dave Muscato]

Originally Posted by Deacon_Blues

Info of the day:

AFAIK, the largest number that has an official name is called a googolplex. It is derived from one googol that equals 10¹⁰⁰. One googolplex is 10^googol.

That's a large number.

http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/googolplex


EDIT: Seems like there is one larger number: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Googolduplex

There are several numbers much larger than a googolduplex. Check out Skewes' Number and Graham's Number.

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield

Your explanation shows what's wrong ...

so if 100 x 100 = 1,000 - thousand
and 1,000 x 1,000 = 1,000,000 - million

then a billion should be million x million

and a trillion should be billion x billion !!

True

[Deacon_Blues]

Originally Posted by Dave Muscato

There are several numbers much larger than a googolduplex. Check out Skewes' Number and Graham's Number.

Yep, check my link.

[dave64o]

Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield

Your explanation shows what's wrong ...

so if 100 x 100 = 1,000 - thousand
and 1,000 x 1,000 = 1,000,000 - million

then a billion should be million x million

and a trillion should be billion x billion !!

100 x 100 = 1,000?

[Geddyfleaharris]

Originally Posted by dave64o

100 x 100 = 1,000?

Ya someone might want to check that math. And I don't think you will need calculus.

[Bruce Lindfield]

Just a typo - which I have edited - thanks for proof-reading!