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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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how do I read 170141183460469231731687303715884105727

How do I read this number
  

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Hi, Just say each digit separately. ie one seven zero one four one one . .

— Clive

  • Hi, Just say each digit separately.
  • ie one seven zero one four one one .
  • .
  • Clive
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Hi,

Just say each digit separately.

ie one seven zero one four one one . . . .

Clive
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One Hundred and Seventy Undecillion, One Hundred and Forty-One Decillion, One Hundred and Eighty-Three Nonillion, Four Hundred and Sixty Octillion, Four Hundred and Sixty-Nine Septillion, Two Hundred and Thirty-One Sextillion, Seven Hundred and Thirty-One Quintillion, Six Hundred and Eighty-Seven Quadrillion, Three Hundred and Three Trillion, Seven Hundred and Fifteen Billion, Eight Hundred and Ei
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I take my hat off to you for going to the trouble of typing all that, Anonymous.Emotion: clap
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Anonymous How do I read this number
There's one in every crowd.

CJ
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AnonymousOne Hundred and Seventy Undecillion, ... Seven Hundred and Twenty-Seven
Correction. There are two in every crowd.

CJ
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Or maybe three

In BrE, it might be said as ...

One hundred and seventy quintillion;
one hundred and forty-one million, one hundred and eighty-three thousand, four hundred and sixty quadrillion;
four hundred and sixty-nine million, two hundred and thirty-one thousand, seven hundred and thirty-one trillion;
six hundred and eighty-seven million, three hundred and three t
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PS - you have to watch out for 'billion'

In Europe it can still be used, logically, for million-million; but in the US (and often in Europe now) it means a thousand million

Dave
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