Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Umptillion

We were watching Morgan Freeman on "Through the Wormhole" and I heard him make a reference to quintillion. Now mind you, I have no head for math, but the word sounded like something a grade schooler would make up! Here is an on-line definition
"A large number after quadrillion (15 zeros) is called a quintillion. It has 18 zeros. After that comes a sextillion (21 zeros), a septillion (24 zeros), octillion (27 zeros), and nonillion (30 zeros). A centillion is 303 zeros!"
Oh, by the way! We each bought a lottery ticket on Saturday and we won quintillion zeros. Nothing else, just zeros.

2 comments:

  1. But, we helped the state budget...

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  2. I keep telling God I will give away 90% of my winnings, but still no joy. Dan

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