Saturday, December 19, 2009

What Comes Next in This Series: Hundreds, Thousands, Millions, Billions, Trillions, ....?

Answer: Quadrillions.

Quadrillions will soon become part of your vocabulary, like trillions over the past year. While we are on the subject, I guess it would be a good idea to further your education by continuing the sequence: quintillions, sextillions, septillions, octillions, nonillions, and decillions. Who knows, the U.S. may become the next Zimbabwe. It's not that far fetched! Check out the following table:
Note: To enlarge the table, double-click inside of it.

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