The Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons. And don't forget that one Ton is equal to 2000 pounds! Do you know how to say 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000? Look at the Number Names below to figure it out.
Number Names
One Googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. The name 'googol' was invented by a child (Dr. Kasner's nine-year-old nephew) who was asked to think up a name for a very big number, namely, 1 with a hundred zeros afterit.
One Vigintillion has 63 zerosOne Novemdecillion has 60 zerosOne Octodecillion has 57 zerosOne Septendecillion has 54 zerosOne Sexdecillion has 51 zerosOne Septillion has 24 zeros
The Slide Rule is the mathematical instrument used for computing before the calculator was introduced in 1970.
Did you know that the opposite sides of a dice cube add up to seven. There is a cool that you can show your friends and family that makes use of this math trivia fact.
If you were to count to a million by ones non-stop, it would take you about 12 days. If you were to count to a billion by ones non-stop, it would take you about 32 years! WOW!!!
There are 2,598,960 five-card hands possible in a 52-card deck of cards.
According to Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, it is possible to go slower than light and faster than light, but it is impossible to go at the speed of light. Also, there is a particle called a tackyon which is supposed to go faster than light.
Most people know that a closed figure with eight straight sides is call an octagon. And some might even know a 10-sided figure is called a decagon. But many do not know that a 20-sided figure is called an icosagon.
If you add up all of the consecutive numbers from 1 to 100,
(1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + ...),
the total will be 5,050.
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