Give me the actual number name for a googol.
I want it in the format where it is an actual number, ex. million or quadrillion. I will not give credit to anyone who gives an answer like million-billion or anythin like that.
2006-07-08 07:52:41 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
ten duotrigintillions = 1 to the 100th power
2006-07-08 07:59:28 · answer #1 · answered by mrsdamico22 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A googol is the large number 10100, that is, the digit 1 followed by one hundred zeros. One way of grasping its size is that it is equivalent to multiplying the product of 1 million by 1 million 16 times, then further multiplying that by ten thousand. The term was coined in 1938 by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner. Kasner popularized the concept in his book Mathematics and the Imagination.
A googol is of the same order of magnitude as the factorial of 70 (70! being approximately 1.198 googols, or 10 to the power 100.0784), and its only prime factors are 2 and 5 (100 of each). In binary it would take up 333 bits.
The googol is of no particular significance in mathematics, but is useful when comparing with other incredibly large quantities such as the number of subatomic particles in the visible universe or the number of possible chess games. Kasner created it to illustrate the difference between an unimaginably large number and infinity, and in this role it is sometimes used in teaching mathematics.
2006-07-08 15:58:10 · answer #2 · answered by Shahriar A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see two or three people have answered correctly. It is a the number 1 followed by 100 (one hundred) zeros. Odd enough the name came from one of the first words spoken by the son of the inventor. If I am not mistaken.
2006-07-08 15:08:04 · answer #3 · answered by Andrew K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A googol is a large number equal to (i.e., a 1 with 100 zeros following it). Written out explicitly,
10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.
2006-07-08 14:59:04 · answer #4 · answered by rjarobins 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
google IS the actual number name
1*10^100
look it up in the dictionairy
just as 1*10^6 is called a million
then 1*10^100 is called a google
really
2006-07-08 15:01:23 · answer #5 · answered by enginerd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for the lady who answered 1 to the 100th power.. that's only 1...
instead multiply that 1 by 10.. and raise it to the 100th.. you'll get a googol...
2006-07-08 15:10:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What numbers come after millions, billions, and trillions ... are as follows: quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion ...
2006-07-08 14:57:48 · answer #7 · answered by lettie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since your question implies that you don't want an answer in scientific notation, a googol is 1000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000.
2006-07-08 18:35:46 · answer #8 · answered by Jay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10^100
The name in english is literally a googol.
2006-07-08 14:56:12 · answer #9 · answered by jellybeanchick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a googol is equal to ten duotrigintillion.
2006-07-08 15:01:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋