British and American Names for Powers of Ten

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Power of Ten British Name (Traditional) American Name Example
10^1 Ten Ten 10
10^2 Hundred Hundred 100
10^3 Thousand Thousand 1,000
10^6 Million Million 1,000,000
10^9 Thousand million (or Milliard) Billion 1,000,000,000
10^12 Billion Trillion 1,000,000,000,000
10^15 Thousand billion Quadrillion 1,000,000,000,000,000
10^18 Trillion Quintillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
10^21 Thousand trillion Sextillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
10^24 Quadrillion Septillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
10^27 Thousand quadrillion Octillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
10^30 Quintillion Nonillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
10^33 Thousand quintillion Decillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000