"in words" | | | "in words" | One | 100 | 1. | "ten to the zero" | ten | 101 | 10. | "ten to the one" | hundred | 102 | 100. | "ten to the two" | thousand | 103 | 1,000. | "ten to the three" | ten thousand | 104 | 10,000. | "ten to the four" | hundred thousand | 105 | 100,000. | "ten to the five" | million | 106 | 1,000,000. | "ten to the six" | ten million | 107 | 10,000,000. | "ten to the seven" | hundred million | 108 | 100,000,000. | "ten to the eight" | billion | 109 | 1,000,000,000. | "ten to the nine" | ten billion | 1010 | 10,000,000,000. | "ten to the ten" | hundred billion | 1011 | 100,000,000,000. | "ten to the eleven" | trillion | 1012 | 1,000,000,000,000. | "ten to the twelve" | ten trillion | 1013 | 10,000,000,000,000. | "ten to the thirteen" | hundred trillion | 1014 | 100,000,000,000,000. | "ten to the fourteen" |
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Names are on threes... on 3, 6, 9 (thousand, million, billion). ,000, The names "billion" and "trillion" mean different things in different countries. This is the US version. There are a few more names after "trillion", but they are almost never used. VERY SMALL NUMBERS:
"in words" | | | "in words" | One | 100 | 1. | "ten to the zero" | tenth | 10-1 | 0.1 | "ten to the minus one" | hundredth | 10-2 | 0.01. | "ten to the minus two" | thousandth | 10-3 | 0.001. | "ten to the minus three" | ten thousand | 10-4 | 0.0001. | "ten to the minus four" | hundred thousandth | 10-5 | 0.00001. | "ten to the minus five" | millionth | 10-6 | 0.000001 | "ten to the minus six" | ten millionth | 10-7 | 0.0000001. | "ten to the minus seven" | hundred millionth | 10-8 | 0.00000001. | "ten to the minus eight" | billionth | 10-9 | 0.000000001. | "ten to the minus nine" | ten billionth | 10-10 | 0.0000000001. | "ten to the minus ten" | hundred billionth | 10-11 | 0.00000000001. | "ten to the minus eleven" | trillionth | 10-12 | 0.000000000001 | "ten to the minus twelve" | ten trillionth | 10-13 | 0.0000000000001. | "ten to the minus thirteen" | hundred trillionth | 10-14 | 0.00000000000001. | "ten to the minus fourteen" |
EXAMPLES of LARGE NUMBERS: 1 AU = 150,000,000 km = 1.5x l08 km = 9.2 x l07miles Mass of the Sun = 1 Solar Mass = 2.0 x 1030 kg 1 kilometer = 1 km = 103 m ~ 5/8 mile
Energies of Fermilab's Chain of Accelerators: Cockroft Walton: 750 KeV (Kilo-electron volts, thousand electron volts) = 750 times 103 electron volts Linac (Linear Accelerator): 400 MeV ( Mega electron volts, million electron volts) = 400 times 106 electron volts Booster, Recycler, Debuncher, Accumulator accelerators: 8 GeV (Giga-electron volts, billion (U.S.) electron volts) = 8 times 109 electron volts Main Injector: 150 GeV = 150 x = 1.5 x 1011 electron volts Tevatron: 0.98 TeV (Tera electron volts, trillion electron volts) = nearly 1012 electron volts 109 electron volts
EXAMPLES of SMALL NUMBERS: 1 centimeter = 1 cm = 10-2 m ~ 2/5 inch width of a pen 1 millimeter = 1 mm = 10-3 m ~ 1/25 inch width of lead in pencil 1 micrometer = 1 micron = 10-6 High power microscopes look at objects as small as a few micrometers 1 microsecond = 10-6 seconds The lifetime of a mu-lepton is about 2 microseconds 1 nanosecond = 10-9 seconds A pi-meson lives on the average for 26 nanoseconds A particle at the speed of light travels about one foot in one nanosecond. |