Table contains names of large numbers such as million, milliard, billion etc., but also less common e.g. quintilliard. Calculator supports two naming systems (so-called scales): "short scale" (used in most English-speaking countries e.g. UK or USA) and "long scale" (used in most of continental Europe countries).

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Names of large numbers#

Name	Short scale (e.g. USA)
Name	Value as power of 10 number	Value as decimal number
Thausand	10³	1 000
Million	10⁶	1 000 000
Billion	10⁹	1 000 000 000
Trillion	10¹²	1 000 000 000 000
Quadrillion	10¹⁵	1 000 000 000 000 000
Quintillion	10¹⁸	1 000 000 000 000 000 000
Sextillion	10²¹	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Septillion	10²⁴	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Octillion	10²⁷	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Nonillion	10³⁰	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Decillion	10³³	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Undecillion	10³⁶	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Duodecillion	10³⁹	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Tredecillion	10⁴²	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Quattuordecillion	10⁴⁵	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Quindecillion	10⁴⁸	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Sexdecillion	10⁵¹	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Septendecillion	10⁵⁴	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000... and 3 zeros.
Octodecillion	10⁵⁷	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000... and 6 zeros.
Novemdecillion	10⁶⁰	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000... and 9 zeros.
Vigintillion	10⁶³	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000... and 12 zeros.
Tricillion	10⁹³	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000... and 42 zeros.
Googol	10¹⁰⁰	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000... and 49 zeros.
Quadragillion	10¹²³	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000... and 72 zeros.
Octogillion	10²⁴³	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000... and 192 zeros.
Centillion	10³⁰³	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000... and 252 zeros.
Googolplex	10^googol = 10^10¹⁰⁰	1 and googol of zeros... Sorry, it's really too much to write it here :)

Some facts#

There are two ways of naming large numbers in the world. Colloquially, these systems are called scales.
The long scale is currently used in most countries of the so-called continental Europe and most French, Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries except Brazil.
The short scale is currently used in most english-speaking countries e.g. in the US or UK. In addition, the short scale can be found in Brazil, countries of the former Soviet Union and Arabic-speaking countries.
The first two of "large" numbers, one thousand and one million, are the same regardless of the scale used. They are amount to 1000 (10³) and 1000,000 (10⁶), respectively.
In general case names are created from latin numerals with added suffixes: -lion or -liard (only long scale).
Long scale names are created according to the following rules:
- n-lion = 10^6×n (e.g. septillion from the latin septa i.e. 7),
- n-liard = 10^6×n+3 (e.g. octilliard from latin octa i.e. 8).
Short scale names are created according to the followng rules:
- n-lion = 10^3×n+3,
- n-liard does not exist in this system.
ⓘ Example: In long scale, the trillion means 10^6×3 = 10¹⁸, from latin tri i.e. 3.
ⓘ Example: In short scale, the septyllion means 10^3×7+3 = 10²⁴, from latin septa, i.e. 7.
⚠ WARNING! Although both systems (long and short scale) use the same names, the values assigned to numbers are different in general case. For example, a trillion in the long scale is 10¹², but "only" 10⁹ in short one. So, as you can see, they are two different numbers. Therefore, it's good practice to clarify what scale you use, where a risk of misunderstanding exists (e.g. if you work in an international environment).

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