Because I do not really stop at that point. I may stop in the chain of a why game. But the topics will come up again and again in different locations. For example when my sons ask how many is “million times million times million times million” I will not just answer “septillion” (*) but e.g. try to illustrate this with an example like “water particles within a spoonful of water”. Or if we heat sugar in a pan to make caramel I might note that the sugar partical hpentagons break up or form new structures. Or if we speak about respiration I will (building on oxidaition in fire) to explain that the lung equalizes oxygen and CO2 levels of air and blood.
Note that in German this is “Quadrillion” nicely verbalizing exponentiation via ‘quad’=‘four’ times multiplication of million.
Note that in German this is “Quadrillion” nicely verbalizing exponentiation via ‘quad’=‘four’ times multiplication of million.
I didn’t know that. German is my own native language (and AFAIK many others work the same). I’m not very good with large numbers (I usually count them: “million, milliard, billion, billiard...”), so that helps.
It is easy. For example Avogadros number is roughly 10^-24 (for the purpose of estimating numbers of particles in natural phenomena) thus 24=4∙6 thus million^4 thus “Quadrillion” in German. And one googol is 10^100 and 100 = 16∙6+3+1 thus 10 “Sedezilliarden” (from 16=sedecem) albeit all this doesn’t work in English at least not so easily.
Because I do not really stop at that point. I may stop in the chain of a why game. But the topics will come up again and again in different locations. For example when my sons ask how many is “million times million times million times million” I will not just answer “septillion” (*) but e.g. try to illustrate this with an example like “water particles within a spoonful of water”. Or if we heat sugar in a pan to make caramel I might note that the sugar partical hpentagons break up or form new structures. Or if we speak about respiration I will (building on oxidaition in fire) to explain that the lung equalizes oxygen and CO2 levels of air and blood.
Note that in German this is “Quadrillion” nicely verbalizing exponentiation via ‘quad’=‘four’ times multiplication of million.
Now I’m venturing into off-topic territory, but:
I didn’t know that. German is my own native language (and AFAIK many others work the same). I’m not very good with large numbers (I usually count them: “million, milliard, billion, billiard...”), so that helps.
It is easy. For example Avogadros number is roughly 10^-24 (for the purpose of estimating numbers of particles in natural phenomena) thus 24=4∙6 thus million^4 thus “Quadrillion” in German. And one googol is 10^100 and 100 = 16∙6+3+1 thus 10 “Sedezilliarden” (from 16=sedecem) albeit all this doesn’t work in English at least not so easily.