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How many zero's is 1 trillion?

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Zeros	U.S.            Sensible Countries
3	thousand	thousand
6	million         million
9	billion         1000 million (1 milliard)
12	trillion        billion
15	quadrillion	1000 billion
18	quintillion	trillion
21	sextillion	1000 trillion
24	septillion	quadrillion
27	octillion	1000 quadrillion
30	nonillion	quintillion
33	decillion	1000 quintillion
36	undecillion	sextillion
39	duodecillion	1000 sextillion
42	tredecillion	septillion
45	quattuordecillion	1000 septillion
48	quindecillion	octillion
51	sexdecillion	1000 octillion
54	septendecillion	nonillion
57	octodecillion	1000 nonillion
60	novemdecillion	decillion
63	vigintillion	1000 decillion
66 - 120	 	undecillion - vigintillion
303	centillion	 
600	 	          centillion
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blut wump said:
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Zeros	U.S.            Sensible Countries
3	thousand	thousand
6	million         million
9	billion         1000 million (1 milliard)
12	trillion        billion
15	quadrillion	1000 billion
18	quintillion	trillion
21	sextillion	1000 trillion
24	septillion	quadrillion
27	octillion	1000 quadrillion
30	nonillion	quintillion
33	decillion	1000 quintillion
36	undecillion	sextillion
39	duodecillion	1000 sextillion
42	tredecillion	septillion
45	quattuordecillion	1000 septillion
48	quindecillion	octillion
51	sexdecillion	1000 octillion
54	septendecillion	nonillion
57	octodecillion	1000 nonillion
60	novemdecillion	decillion
63	vigintillion	1000 decillion
66 - 120	 	undecillion - vigintillion
303	centillion	 
600	 	          centillion
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thanks for the info.
 
To be fair the scientific community is now in line with the American notation and, IIRC, Britain officially moved over to the American 10^9 in 1974. Why we didn't have public riots is beyond me but our natural stoicism held sway and confusion still reigns here.

Most people in the UK would probably answer something along the lines of "I take a billion to be a million million but I don't know what anyone else means by a billion". In general, we're aware of both definitions and avoid the term whenever we can, clarifying when necessary with "American billion" or "a proper billion".

BTW, do we yet have any number named larger than a googleplex which is 10 to the power of a google, a google being 10^100?
 
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