11 December 2014

Higher Numerals


Most of the students are not aware about the use of higher numerals and how they are used in different parts of the world.  The same word has totally different meanings in different countries.  The classic example is \the use of “billion”, which in US means “thousand million”;   whereas “billion” in Britain means “million-million”.  The details of the high numerals are as follows:-

NUMBERNUMBERUS &
FRANCE
UK &
OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
INDIA
1 & 5 zeros100000One hundred thousandOne Hundred thousandone lakh
1 & 6 zeros1000000MillionMillionTen lakh
1 & 7 zeros10000000Ten MillionTen MillionOne Crore
1 & 8 zeros100000000Hundred MillionHundred MillionTen crore
1 & 9 zeros1000000000BillionMilliard (Thousand million)Hundred crore
1 & 12 zeros1000000000000TrillionBillionTen Kharab
1 & 15 zeros1000000000000000QuadrillionThousand BillionOne padam
1 & 18 zeros1000000000000000000QuintillionTrillionTen shankhs
1 & 21 zeros1000000000000000000000SextillionThousand Trillion 
1 & 24 zeros1000000000000000000000000SeptillionQuadrillion 
1 & 27 zeros1000000000000000000000000000OctillionThousand Quadrillion 
1 & 30 zeros1000000000000000000000000000000NonillionQuintillion 
1 & 33 zeros1000000000000000000000000000000000DecillionThousand Quintillion 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great Job ..!!!