A quintillion is equal to 1018 in America, or 1030 in France and Germany.[1]
Written out in decimal form quintillion (in the short scale) is:
1000000000000000000
In long scale:
1000000000000000000000000000000
This number is also called hexillion in Russ Rowlett's Greek-based naming system.[2]
Aarex Tiaokhiao calls this number hetillion.[3] He also gave name ocdoocol and 18-noogol, referring to the short scale value of this number.[4]
Contents
Decimal
- 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 - short scale
- 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 - long scale
Examples
- Niagara Falls takes up 210,000 years (about 30 times all recorded history) to use up a quintillion gallons of water.
- A single drop of water contains 1.7 quintillion water molecules.
- The distance from the Milky way to Andromeda is 2 million light years, which is about 11.73 quintillion miles or 18.877 quintillion kilometers.
- The entire Earth contains about 326 quintillion gallons of water.[5]
- There are about 43.3 quintillion ways to arrange a 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube.[6]
- The SI prefix exa- multiplies by one quintillion.
- The Earth's cross section has an area of about 1.275 quintillion square centimeters. [7]
- By one estimate, there are 20 quintillion living animals on Earth.[8]
- a tower of a quintillion one dollar bills would aproximately measure 1.099*10^20m in height.
- The half-life of Bismuth-209 is approximately 20 quintillion years.
As a banknote denomination
Only the Hungarian pengő had banknotes with this number in the denomination.
Approximations
For short scale:
| Notation | Lower bound | Upper bound |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific notation | \(1\times10^{18}\) | |
| Arrow notation | \(10\uparrow18\) | |
| Steinhaus-Moser Notation | 15[3] | 16[3] |
| Copy notation | 9[18] | 1[19] |
| Taro's multivariable Ackermann function | A(3,56) | A(3,57) |
| Pound-Star Notation | #*(4,1,3)*6 | #*(3,1)*13 |
| BEAF | {10,18} | |
| Hyper-E notation | E18 | |
| Bashicu matrix system | (0)(0)[31622] | (0)(0)[31623] |
| Hyperfactorial array notation | 19! | 20! |
| Fast-growing hierarchy | \(f_2(54)\) | \(f_2(55)\) |
| Hardy hierarchy | \(H_{\omega^2}(54)\) | \(H_{\omega^2}(55)\) |
| Slow-growing hierarchy | \(g_{\omega^{\omega+8}}(10)\) | |
For long scale:
| Notation | Lower bound | Upper bound |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific notation | \(1\times10^{30}\) | |
| Arrow notation | \(10\uparrow30\) | |
| Steinhaus-Moser Notation | 22[3] | 23[3] |
| Copy notation | 9[30] | 1[31] |
| Taro's multivariable Ackermann function | A(3,96) | A(3,97) |
| Pound-Star Notation | #*(9,6,4)*9 | #*(0,1,0,0,1)*5 |
| BEAF | {10,30} | |
| Hyper-E notation | E30 | |
| Bashicu matrix system | (0)(0)(0)[5623] | (0)(0)(0)[5624] |
| Hyperfactorial array notation | 28! | 29! |
| Fast-growing hierarchy | \(f_2(93)\) | \(f_2(94)\) |
| Hardy hierarchy | \(H_{\omega^2}(93)\) | \(H_{\omega^2}(94)\) |
| Slow-growing hierarchy | \(g_{\omega^{\omega3}}(10)\) | |
Gallery
A quintillion dollars in 100 piles of 100 dollar bills in comparison to the Empire State Building
A quintillion square centimeters in comparison to the earth.
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Sources
- ↑ Quintillion at Wolfram MathWorld
- ↑ Names for Large Numbers
- ↑ Aarex Tiaokhiao's illion numbers[dead link]
- ↑ Part 1 (LAN) - Aarex Googology[dead link]
- ↑ Saibian, Sbiis. 2.1.4 - Everyday Large Numbers for a Modern World. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
- ↑ Notable Properties of Specific Numbers (page 18)
- ↑ Almost Infinite
- ↑ How Many Wild Animals Are There?
See also
Main article: -illion
1–9: million · billion · trillion · quadr · quint · sext · sept · oct · non10–19: decillion · undec · duodec · tredec · quattuordec · quindec · sexdec · septendec · octodec · novemdec
20–29: vigintillion · unvigint · duovigint · trevigint · quattuorvigint · quinvigint · sexvigint · septenvigint · octovigint · novemvigint
30–39: trigintallion (un- · duo- · tre- · quattuor- · quin- · sex- · septen- · octo- · novem-)
40–49: quadragintallion (un- · duo- · tre- · quattuor- · quin- · sex- · septen- · octo- · novem-)
50–59: quinquagintillion (un- · duo- · tre- · quattuor- · quin- · sex- · septen- · octo- · novem-)
60–69: sexagintillion (un- · duo- · tre- · quattuor- · quin- · sex- · septen- · octo- · novem-)
70–79: septuagintillion (un- · duo- · tre- · quattuor- · quin- · sex- · septen- · octo- · novem-)
80–89: octogintillion (un- · duo- · tre- · quattuor- · quin- · sex- · septen- · octo- · novem-)
90–99: nonagintillion (un- · duo- · tre- · quattuor- · quin- · sex- · septen- · octo- · novem-)
100–900: centillion · unviginticent · unsexagintacent · ducent · trecent · duotrigintatrecent · quadringent · quingent · sescent · septuagintisescent · septingent · octingent · nongent
1,000–1024: millillion · dumill · dumillinonagintanongent · trimill · trimilliduotrigintatrecent · trimillisexoctogintaoctingent · quadrimill · quadrimilliquattuordecicent · quinmill · sexmill · septimill · octimill · nonimill · myr · decimilliquinsexagintasescent · dumyr · unquadragintamilliunquinquagintacent · centimill · micr · nan · pic · femt · att · zept · yoct
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