likewise: one should know that a million is worth a thousand thousand units, and a byllion is worth a thousand thousand millions, and tryillion is worth a thousand thousand byllions, and a quadrillion is worth a thousand thousand tryllions, and so on for the others. And an example of this follows, a number divided up and punctuated as previously described, the whole number being seven hundred forty-five thousand three hundred and twenty-four tryllions, 804300 byllions 700023 millions 654321 ...
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Page where Chuquet first describes the naming method for "zillions".
{{Information |Description=Page where Chuquet first describes the naming method for "zillions". |Source= http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Chuquet.html |Date= ca 1470? unpublished manuscript. |Author= Nicolas Chuquet (1445 - 1