There is no such thing as a highest possible number. No matter what number you have, there is always a larger one. (For example, you could always add 1 to your number to get a larger number).
The largest number that has a commonly-known specific name is a "googleplex", which is a 1 followed by a googol zeros, where a "googol" is a 1 followed by 100 zeros.
In summary, then: the mathematical question "what is the highest possible number" has no answer, because there is no such thing. But the sociological question "what is the largest number that anyone has ever decided to give a specific name to, a name which has become commonly known" is, for now, a "googleplex" (until someone decides to coin a phrase for a still larger number and it catches on and becomes commonly known).
2006-07-03 07:34:55
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answered by Anonymous
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There no end to how high we can actually count. That's why we have infinity, which litterally means without end. However, as was already mentioned, the highest "named" number is a googol which is a one followed by 100 zeros. So, I guess the highest number you could name would be 999 googol, followed by 100 9's.
2006-07-03 07:39:32
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answered by Ian M 5
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The largest number is infinity. It is denoted by the letter "i" in most equasions. It can also be expressed as a series of 9's (99999 with a little bar across the top of the last 9)
2006-07-03 07:50:53
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answered by antirion 5
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Technically speaking the highest number is one googol. It is one with one hundred zeros. This is the honest truth. There was a man who wanted to make the largest number, and he asked his little baby what to call it. The baby said "googol" and it stuck ever since. The search engine Google was named after this.
2006-07-03 07:41:18
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answered by NordicNemesis 2
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Infinity plus one
2006-07-03 07:35:11
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answered by jxt299 7
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Inifinity or Add 100000000 times 110000000 = Infity
2006-07-03 07:36:56
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answered by kaspersky895 2
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the bigening according to the loop theory time is a contniouse loop there for the last number is inturn the first. so the last number really is .111111111infinity
2006-07-03 07:37:59
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answered by chucky w 2
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theres no such thing. Like pi, theres no end. Some place has a computer that computes the value of pi constantly, and it still hasn't come to an end. The circle's endless, and so is pi. Circle, pie, circle, pi, get it? Pi comes from some formula for the circle, idk which one.
2006-07-03 07:38:09
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answered by Meg 2
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It is an imaginary number because it does not exist. There is no end to numbers. Hope this helps!
2006-07-03 07:36:54
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answered by Anonymous
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The log of infinity to infinity.
2006-07-03 07:37:29
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answered by cirestan 6
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