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Not One Chance in a Centillion
Students often use numbers that they really cannot visualize what they are talking about. One day in class I heard a child tell another that he did not have one chance in a centillion to get a 100%. Where did that come from? Where did they ever even hear this word? Many children have heard the word googol because of the internet, but not centillion. When I tried to explain how much a centillion was the child just gave me a blank stare. That child does not really realize how many zeros that is. The problem with this is that even adults have no idea how to visualize this number. Just to write the number takes a lot of space and time. You have probably never written this number because it is a waste of your time. This article is to just give you an idea of how large that number really is on the written page. So here is a little visualizing on some of the numbers that we use. The national debt may seem large, but just be glad that it is not running in the centillion arena.
Sometimes saying the name of a number is not very impressive, but when you look at it, it seems overwhelming. Here is a look at some of those numbers.
Such as one million--------1,000,000
One billion------------------1,000,000,000
One trillion------------------1,000,000,000,000
One quadrillion-------------1,000,000,000,000,000
One quintillion--------------1,000,000,000,000,000,000
One sextillion---------------1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One septillion---------------1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One octillion----------------1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One nonillion---------------1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One decillion---------------1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One undecillion------------ 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One duodecillion----------
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One tredecillion-----------
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One quattuordecillion----
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One quindecillion--------
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One sexdecillion---------1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One septendecillion---1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000
One octodecillion-----1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One novemdecillion—1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One vigintillion--------1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
One googol-------------10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
One centillion----------1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000
Now, next time your teenager asks to take the car to take all his friends to the mall and you say “Not one chance in a centillion” you will be able to visualize what you are really saying. Or maybe better yet let him see it and he’ll realize what you are really saying. “No!”
About the Author
Resource Box - Caroline Mackay 2006
Caroline Mackay is a retired teacher of thirty seven years and writer and producer of many school programs. She is the host of http://www.ezeducationplays.com/articles.html
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