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1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
ten to the power of fifty-four
6
1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
The name for the number 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 is one quintillion in the short scale system, commonly used in the United States. In the long scale system, prevalent in Europe, this number is called one trillion. This number is represented by a 1 followed by 18 zeros in the short scale system.
a hendedecigone
1079 or (1 googol x 10-21)
1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
ten to the power of fifty-four
maybe 2
1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Oh, look at all those zeros! When you add those two big numbers together, you get an even bigger number. It's like adding more happy little trees to your painting - it just keeps growing and growing. Just remember, there's no mistakes in math, only happy accidents.
You can never be at infinity. You can approach it, by adding a crazy number of zeros on to the end of something (before a decimal), but you can never really get close. For example... 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 is a number that I'd say is approaching infinity; that is, if you needed to find something like the limit as x approaches infinity (calculus topic), you could plug that in for x and you'd be safe. But. It's still not anywhere near infinity.