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Phoenix 47 (42 corrected for inflation)
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:08 am
by Weyland
The title of this thread is a Star Trek gag. My apologies, but it was all I could find on the number 47.
Anyway, the question is: Using the US and modern British system of large numbers, how many zeros in a Millillion?
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:27 am
by grecian
24?
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:36 am
by Istenem
six sixes are 36. how about that?
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:47 am
by Weyland
Nowhere near, either of you, I'm afraid. 10^24 is a Septillion, and 10^36 is an Undecillion
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:57 am
by Istenem
okay 6^6 is 46656. but that seems improbably many.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:02 pm
by harry 3
Is it a megafugagargantugoogolplex zeroes ?
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:11 pm
by Cardinal Sin
Glad I cheated on Wikipedia - it's not very guessable!
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:36 pm
by Weyland
Oh I don't know, it's easy enough to narrow down!
Above 3 and below 46656. Has nothing to do with sixes BTW, it's not divisable by 6.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:40 pm
by Istenem
one hundred and eiiighty
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:49 pm
by Cardinal Sin
180 / 6 = 30
muppet
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:10 pm
by Matt Vinyl
Heh - class!!!!
3011?
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:12 pm
by harry 3
Spoiler below. This will make your brain ache !!!!!
http://users.skynet.be/nizgorur/very_big_numbers.htm
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:41 pm
by Weyland
Matt is staggeringly close.
BTW I picked this number because it's the second highest named number below a Googleplex. At least according to Wikipedia.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:04 pm
by Istenem
3012
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:37 pm
by Weyland
3012 / 6 == 502
And wrong direction anyway.