The document outlines the names for large numbers in the U.S. scientific system compared to other countries' systems. It shows that while the U.S. uses terms like trillion and quadrillion for large numbers, other places use long scale numbering with terms like billion meaning a million millions and trillion meaning a million billions. The terms continue ascending, with centillion referring to a hundred-digit number in the U.S. system and other systems.
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The document outlines the names for large numbers in the U.S. scientific system compared to other countries' systems. It shows that while the U.S. uses terms like trillion and quadrillion for large numbers, other places use long scale numbering with terms like billion meaning a million millions and trillion meaning a million billions. The terms continue ascending, with centillion referring to a hundred-digit number in the U.S. system and other systems.
The document outlines the names for large numbers in the U.S. scientific system compared to other countries' systems. It shows that while the U.S. uses terms like trillion and quadrillion for large numbers, other places use long scale numbering with terms like billion meaning a million millions and trillion meaning a million billions. The terms continue ascending, with centillion referring to a hundred-digit number in the U.S. system and other systems.
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The document outlines the names for large numbers in the U.S. scientific system compared to other countries' systems. It shows that while the U.S. uses terms like trillion and quadrillion for large numbers, other places use long scale numbering with terms like billion meaning a million millions and trillion meaning a million billions. The terms continue ascending, with centillion referring to a hundred-digit number in the U.S. system and other systems.
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