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SI Prefix
Symbol
#
American
European
proposed Greek-based name
Notes
Yocto- y
10-24
septillionth


Zepto- z
10-21
sextillionth


Atto- a
10-18
quintillionth


Femto- f
10-15
quadrillionth


Pico- p
10-12
trillionth


Nano- n
10-9
billionth


Micro- µ
10-6
millionth


Centimilli- cm
10-5
hundred thousandth


Decimilli- dm
10-4
ten thousandth


Milli- m
10-3
thousandth


Centi- c
10-2
hundredth


Deci- d
10-1
tenth




100
one


Deka- dk
101
ten


Hecto- h
102
hundred


Kilo- k
103
thousand


Myria- ma
104
ten thousand


Hectokilo- hk
105
hundred thousand


Mega- M
106
million million

Giga- G
109
billion milliard gillion also pronounced /jigi/, as in: 1.21 gigawatts! (from Back to the Future)
Tera- T
1012
trillion billion tetrillion
Peta- P
1015
quadrillion billiard pentillion
Exa- E
1018
quintillion trillion hexillion
Zetta- Z
1021
sexillion trilliard heptillion
Yotta- Y
1024
septillion quadrillion oktillion


1027
octillion quadrilliard ennillion


1030
nonillion quintillion dekillion


1033
decillion quintilliard hendekillion


1036
undecillion sextillion dodekillion


1039
duodecillion sextilliard trisdekillion


1042
tredecillion septillion tetradekillion


1045
quattuordecillion septilliard pentadekillion


1048
quindecillion octillion hexadekillion


1051
sexdecillion octilliard heptadekillion


1054
septdecillion nonillion (noventillion) oktadekillion


1057
octodecillion nonilliard (noventilliard) enneadekillion


1060
novemdecillion decillion icosillion


1063
vigintillion decilliard icosihenillion


1066
unvigintillion
undecillion
icosidillion


1069
duovigintillion
undecilliard
icositrillion


1072
trevigintillion
dodecillion (duodecillion)
icositetrillion


1075
quattuorvigintillion
dodecilliard (duodecilliard)
icosipentillion


1078
quinvigintillion
tredecillion
icosihexillion


1081
sexvigintillion
tredecilliard
icosiheptillion


1084
septvigintillion
quattuordecillion
icosioktillion


1087
octovigintillion
quattuordecilliard
icosiennillion


1090
novemvigintillion
quindecillion
triacontillion


1093
trigintillion
quindecilliard triacontahenillion


1096
untrigintillion
sexdecillion triacontadillion


1099
duotrigintillion
sexdecilliard triacontatrillion


10100
googol
(10 duotrigintillion)
googol
(10 sexdecilliard)




10102
tretrigintillion
septendecillion



10105
quattuortrigintillion
septendecilliard



10108
quintrigintillion
octodecillion



10111
sextrigintillion
octodecilliard



10114
septtrigintillion
novemdecillion



10117
octotrigintillion
novemdecilliard



10120
novemtrigintillion
vigintillion



10123
quardragintillion




10126
unquardragintillion




10129
duoquardragintillion




10132
trequardragintillion




10135
quattuorquardragintillion




10138
quinquardragintillion




10141
sexquardragintillion




10144
septquardragintillion




10147
octoquardragintillion




10150
novemquardragintillion




10153
quinquagintillion




10156
unquinquagintillion




10159
duoquinquagintillion




10162
trequinquagintillion




10165
quattuorquinquagintillion




10168
quinquinquagintillion




10171
sexquinquagintillion




10174
septquinquagintillion




10177
octoquinquagintillion




10180
novemquinquagintillion




10183
sexagintillion




10186
unsexagintillion




10189
duosexagintillion




10192
tresexagintillion




10195
quattuorsexagintillion




10198
quinsexagintillion




10201
sexsexagintillion




10204
septsexagintillion




10207
octosexagintillion




10210
novemsexagintillion




10213
septuagintillion




10216
unseptuagintillion




10219
duoseptuagintillion




10222
treseptuagintillion




10225
quattuorseptuagintillion




10228
quinseptuagintillion




10231
sexseptuagintillion




10234
septseptuagintillion




10237
octoseptuagintillion




10240
novemseptuagintillion




10243
octogintillion




10246
unoctogintillion




10249
duooctogintillion




10252
treoctogintillion




10255
quattuoroctogintillion




10258
quinoctogintillion




10261
sexoctogintillion




10264
septoctogintillion




10267
octooctogintillion




10270
novemoctogintillion




10273
nonagintillion




10276
unnonagintillion




10279
duononagintillion




10282
trenonagintillion




10285
quattuornonagintillion




10288
quinnonagintillion




10291
sexnonagintillion




10294
septnonagintillion




10297
octononagintillion




10300
novemnonagintillion




10303
centillion




10600

centillion



10(10^100)
googolplex googolplex
1 followed by a googol zeros


106n
(2n-1)-illion n-illion



106n+3
(2n)-illion n-illiard

 

Links

Visualize big numbers at the megapenny page.

Description of the origin of the European number naming system.

A page about the asian number system.

Some additional information about large numbers (from Wolfram Research).

A discussion of really large numbers.

More information about large number naming.

One of the sources I used to put together this page.

Some info on binary prefixes.

 


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