How many o's in a trillion?

Answer 1

If you mean zeroes, it depends on where you are. In the US, it means a million million, i.e. twelve zeroes. In some other countries (e.g. UK) it means a million million million -- i.e. eighteen zeroes. A one with nine zeroes can be called a milliard. I prefer the US nomenclature, as it is convenient to have names based on 3-digit spacing rather than 6-digit spacing.

Answer 2

12

Answer 3

:-) There are no "o" in numbers, only the number zero ( 0 ) But to answer the question...

The use of large numbers is a rather recent phenomena. The actual number's value was the same, but different languages used by the various scientists meant that the names were not the same for a given number. The roots all may have come form Greek and Latin, but when scientists in France, England, Germany and the United States wrote about large numbers, they used different words.

The scientific world is now almost totally agreed on the American system of nomenclature, which is based on groups of three zeros. This produces names for whole numbers as follows:
1 (group of three) is 1 thousand [Old English thūsend, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch duizend and German Tausend.= 1,000
2 (groups of three) is 1 million [ 1 mil is 1000, so 1 mill(thousand) is one million]
3 (groups of three) is 1 billion [ 2 root is bi, the second set of Mil is one billion]
4 (groups of three) is 1 trillion [ 3 root is tri, the third set of Mil is one trillion]
5 (groups of three) is 1 quadrillion [4 root is quad, the fourth set of Mil is one quadrillion]

;-D Now, if I only had a nickel...

PS. The German Online Dictionary states that the word Milliard is "Old Fashioned."

Answer 4

Here in the Netherlands, as in Germany and Scandinavia, there are 18:
.....American...German and old-fashioned English
6...million........million
9...billion.........milliard
12.trillion.........billion
15.quadrilion...billiard
18.quintillion...trillion

Another answerer gave a link to a German dictionary that said the word "milliard" is old-fashioned but that remark is about the English word milliard. It's not old-fashioned in German.

Answer 5

12.

Answer 6

12.

Answer 7

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IF U MEAN THE WORD THEN , THERE IS
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun trillion has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (in Britain and Germany) the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros

Synonym: one million million million


Meaning #2: (in the United States and France) the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros

Synonyms: one million million, 1000000000000



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The adjective trillion has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (U.S.) one million million; (Britain QUINTILLION )

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The word trillion describes one of two numerical values, depending on where and how it is used. It is the largest numerical value in everyday non-scientific use in the English language. It comes between a billion and a quadrillion.

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--------------------------Short scale-----------------------------------------

In the short scale, used in Brazil, Greece, Puerto Rico, Russia, Turkey, and most English-speaking countries, a trillion is 1012 or 1,000,000,000,000 (a one followed by twelve zeros). It is thereby one thousand billions (short-scale usage), or one million millions, or (1 million)2, or one thousandth of a quadrillion (short-scale usage). The SI prefix for this number is tera.

While Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom traditionally employed the long-scale usage, they switched, some years ago, to the short-scale usage of 1012.

--------------------------------Long scale-----------------------------------

In the long scale, used in other countries and languages, a trillion (or its translated equivalent) is 1018 or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 (a one followed by eighteen zeros), a million billions (long-scale usage). It is one million million millions, or (1 million)3, or one millionth of a quadrillion (long-scale usage). The SI prefix for this number is exa.

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The history of trillion is described in the "Long and short scales" article.

Ambiguity
For reasons of the ambiguity described above, some avoid using the term trillion and instead use the corresponding millions ("million million" and "million million million") or powers of ten (1012 and 1018) or SI prefixes (tera- and exa-), as appropriate.

However, some people use the word trillion to mean an unspecified large number. It then occupies the same category as umpteen and zillion.

SI Prefixes
10n Prefix Symbol Short scale Long scale Decimal equivalent
1024 yotta Y Septillion Quadrillion 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
1021 zetta Z Sextillion Trilliard (thousand trillion) 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
1018 exa E Quintillion Trillion 1 000 000 000 000 000 000
1015 peta P Quadrillion Billiard (thousand billion) 1 000 000 000 000 000
1012 tera T Trillion Billion 1 000 000 000 000
109 giga G Billion Milliard (thousand million) 1 000 000 000
106 mega M Million 1 000 000
103 kilo k Thousand 1 000
102 hecto h Hundred 100
101 deca, deka da Ten 10
100 (none) (none) One 1
10−1 deci d Tenth 0.1
10−2 centi c Hundredth 0.01
10−3 milli m Thousandth 0.001
10−6 micro µ (u) Millionth 0.000 001
10−9 nano n Billionth Milliardth 0.000 000 001
10−12 pico p Trillionth Billionth 0.000 000 000 001
10−15 femto f Quadrillionth Billiardth 0.000 000 000 000 001
10−18 atto a Quintillionth Trillionth 0.000 000 000 000 000 001
10−21 zepto z Sextillionth Trilliardth 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001
10−24 yocto y Septillionth Quadrillionth 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001

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Answer 8

one o in trillion.
but we have this series of numbers:
10^6:million-10^9:billion-10^12:trillion-10^15:quadrillion.10^18:quintillion.10^21:sextillion.
10^24:septillion.10^27:octillion.10^30:nonillion.
10^33:decillion.
10^63:vigintillion.10^303:centillion.

Answer 9

9 zeroes

Answer 10

12.

3 in thousand, 6 in a million, 9 in a billion.