What is the number represented as one followed by forty-eight zeroes?
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niki clarke
ANSWERS: 2
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10^48: American name; quindecillion. For every 3 0s added, the name changes: 1,000,000 (10^6)=million 1,000,000,000 (10^9)=billion 1,000,000,000,000 (10^12)=trillion Technically is incorrect, by merely looking at the structure of the words a billion must be 2 x a million and a trillion must be 3 x a million (mi- meaning 1, bi- meaning 2 and tri- meaning 3). Obviously this isn't correct, so it must apply to the power. Which you can see is not the case here, however the world has warmed to this nomenclature so this is most likey the most common name. British name; octillion. For every 6 0s added, the name changes. Which follows the break down of the words. We divide the power by 6 and we get 48/6=8, the prefix for 8 is oct- (therefore octillion).
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American Names - power of ten quindecillion - 48 million - 6 billion - 9 trillion - 12 quadrillion - 15 quintillion - 18 sextillion - 21 septillion - 24 octillion - 27 nonillion - 30 decillion - 33 undecillion - 36 dodecillion - 39 tredecillion - 42 quattuordecillion - 45 quindecillion - 48 sexdecillion - 51 septendecillion - 54 octodecillion - 57 novemdecillion - 60 vigintillion - 63 unvigintillion - 66 dovigintillion - 69 trevigintillion - 72 quattuorvigintillion - 75 quinvigintillion - 78 sexvigintillion - 81 septenvigintillion - 84 octovigintillion - 87 novemvigintillion - 90 trigintillion - 93 untrigintillion - 96 dotrigintillion - 99
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