Math Lesson #7 Notes

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Up until this point, we have been writing down numbers in standard notation.  I posed the question of what you do when a number is extremely large...how do you express it?  In standard notation, it would be very difficult.  Check out the following link to learn more.


http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/scientific-notation.html


Also, as we were going through today's lesson, you have may wondered what numbers come after trillion.  Check out the following chart...

Bonus Question:  What is the number google?  How do you write it in scientific notation?

Name	number of zeros	groups of (3) zeros
Trillion	12	4 (1,000,000,000,000)
Quadrillion	15	5
Quintillion	18	6
Sextillion	21	7
Septillion	24	8
Octillion	27	9
Nonillion	30	10
Decillion	33	11
Undecillion	36	12
Duodecillion	39	13
Tredecillion	42	14
Quatttuor-decillion	45	15
Quindecillion	48	16
Sexdecillion	51	17
Septen-decillion	54	18
Octodecillion	57	19
Novemdecillion	60	20
Vigintillion	63	21
Centillion	303	101