Because I’m a whatever-comes-after-a-trillion-aire.
In the mail today I received 10 x 100,000,000,000,000 bank notes, as a result of a little currency purchase on eBay.
Sadly they’re in Zimbabwe dollars, so I’m only a whatever-it-is-aire in Zimbabwe.
Quadrillion.
Quadrillion (or maybe a billiard, depending on where you are.)
I think you should tell people you’re a billiardare.
Another trillion.
These are the multiples-of-a-thousand numbers that I know of off the top of my head:
10^3 = Thousand
10^6 = Million
10^9 = Billion
10^12 = Trillion
10^15 = Quadrillion
10^18 = Quintillion
10^21 = Sextillion
10^24 = Septillon
10^27 = Octillion
10^30 = Nonillion
10^33 = Decillion
Plus some others like a googol (10^100), centillion (10^303) and googolplex (10^googol). All of these last numbers are so high that if you had that many dollars (or the equivalent of in other currencies, using the largest denomination), they couldn’t possibly exist physically because the Universe doesn’t have enough matter (estimates are around 10^80 atoms).
I am no expert, but aren’t most people in Britain more familiar with the “American” (short) scale for their day-to-day use? I prefer the short system because that’s what I was taught and while I might worry that it comes across as American hegemony, my belief that short is better is strengthened by the fact that the mentioned centillion is called quinquagintilliard or a thousand quinquagintillion in the long scale. :eek:
You mean the 100 billion in Zimbabwe dollars I bought a while back is now worthless?! I’m going to have to totally rethink my investment portfolio.
A trillion and one
Hey, do you want to trade a Zim $50 bill for a 100 Trillion dollar bill? When I was in Zimbabwe in 2002 the exchange rate was $400 Zim to one US dollar. At the end of the week it was $600 Zim to one US dollar.
I think I actually have a Zim penny lying around here somewhere!
I think Zimbabwe’s reached the point where the strongest sector of their economy are online sales of their hyperinflated currency.
What comes after a trillion?
The tax man.
What’s that worth, $0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 1?
(How does that kind of hyperinflation happen anyways?
It goes like this:
Million
Billion
Trillion
Zillion
Bazillion
Gazillion
Infinity
Infinity plus 1
Infinity plus 1 times infinity
The only fundamental physical limit on hyperinflation is how quickly you can redesign the currency to tack more zeroes on, and how long it takes the ink to dry.
Although, really, with electronic payments, that’s not even a limit any more.
I rather like the legend on the notes: “I promise to pay the bearer on demand ONE HUNDRED TRILLION DOLLARS.”
How many is a a Brazillian?
I’m guessing that countries with inflation levels in the trillions don’t have too many residents who use electronic payments.
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10^3 = Thousand
10^6 = Million
10^9 = Billion
10^12 = Trillion
10^15 = Quadrillion
10^18 = Quintillion
10^21 = Sextillion
10^24 = Septillon
10^27 = Octillion
10^30 = Nonillion
10^33 = Decillion
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Or a stick of gum, whichever is worth more.
bad economic policies + extreme government corruption => lack of confidence in the government.