What Comes after Trillion?

Are you a math person? Have you ever given a thought to big numbers? Ever tried wondering what comes after a trillion or how many zeroes it has? You never know when you might feel the need to know this, so why not know it now!

Do you know the number ‘0’ plays an important role when considering big numbers? One less zero and your calculation goes wrong. So, beware! The greater the number you take, the more zeroes you would require. For Example, Thousand (1, ooo) has four zeroes, ten thousand (10,000) has four zeroes. But, what about a trillion? It has 12 zeroes.

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Do you wish to know what numbers come after trillion? Look at the list below to capture an idea:

Name                                 Number of zeroes
Ten                                              1
Hundred                                     2   
Thousand                                   3
Ten thousand                            4
Hundred thousand                   5
Million                                         6
Billion                                          9
Trillion                                       12
Quadrillion                                15
Quintillion                                 18
Sextillion                                    21
Septillion                                   24
Octillion                                     27
Nonillion                                    30
Decillion                                     33
Undecillion                                36
Duodecillion                              39
Tredecillion                                42
Quatttuor-decillion                   45
Quindecillion                             48
Sexdecillion                                51
Septon-decillion                        54
Octodecillion                              57
Novemdecillion                         60
Vigintillion                                  63
Centillion                                  303

Group Zeroes Using Three

We find it simple to comprehend that the number '10' has one zero, '100' has two zeroes and thousand has three zeroes. This is so because we are compelled to the use them on an everyday basis in our life regardless whether we are handling money or managing music on our playlist.

When you start dealing with big terms such as million, billion, and trillion, you witness things getting difficult. The question that often strikes your mind in such cases is that ‘How many zeroes come after the one in a trillion?’

It becomes complicated to count each zero so we resort to breaking these numbers into groups of three.

Example: It is considered quite easy to memorize that a trillion is written with four sets of zeros than counting twelve individual zeroes. Just wait until you start counting for octillion which has twenty-seven zeroes or for Centillion which has three hundred and three zeroes. It will be at that time, you would be grateful to yourself that you must memorize only nine and hundred and one sets of three zeroes.

TEN SHORTCUT

We mostly oversee the ‘powers of ten’ when dealing with math or science to understand how many zeroes are required for these huge numbers. An exemplary example of writing of trillion is 10 to the power of 12. The twelve number above depicts that twelve zeroes are required to complete the number.

Some more examples for better understanding:

    Quintillion = 10¹⁸ or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000

    Decillion = 10³³ or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

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