Can you say “quattuorvigintillion”?
Can you say that word three times fast?
I bet your kids would like to do that.
Really big words are fun. Really big numbers are even more fun. Put the two together and you have a party!
If you don’t believe me, ask any kid to say one of those really long dinosaur names like “Pachycephalosaurus.” They love it! And they’re also fascinated by the fact that this dinosaur lived millions of years ago. (Big numbers.)
Kids like “big.” It’s fascinating. It’s intriguing. It reveals to them the immensity of God’s creation. If you want to make something interesting for kids, you might try to share something “big” that’s related to it. This will draw them in and make them want to learn more.
One way to add a spark to math is to introduce your children to large numbers like the ones in the chart below. The tongue-twisting names are fun to say and amount of zeros in some of these numbers is mind-boggling. You can also use this chart as an opportunity to introduce your children to 10s raised to a power.
I hope that you and your kids have fun with these really big numbers and their interesting names.
Really Big Numbers
| One million | 1,000,000 |
| One billion | 1,000,000,000 |
| One trillion | 1,000,000,000,000 |
| One quadrillion | 1,000,000,000,000,000 |
| One quintillion | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
| One sextillion | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
| One septillion | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
| One octillion | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
| One nonillion | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
| One decillion | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
| One undecillion | 1036 |
| One duodecillion | 1039 |
| One tredecillion | 1042 |
| One quattuordillion | 1045 |
| One quindecillion | 1048 |
| One sexdecillion | 1051 |
| One septendecillion | 1054 |
| One octodecillion | 1057 |
| One novemdecillion | 1060 |
| One vigintillion | 1063 |
| One unvigintillion | 1066 |
| One duovigintillion | 1069 |
| One trevigintillion | 1072 |
| One quattuorvigintillion | 1075 |
| One quinvigintillion | 1078 |
| One sexvigintillion | 1081 |
| One septenvigintillion | 1084 |
| One octovigintillion | 1087 |
| One novemvigintillion | 1090 |
| One trigintillion | 1093 |
| One untrigintillion | 1096 |
| One duotrigintillion | 1099 |
| One googol | 10100 |
| One googolplex | 10googol |
Did your kids like saying the names of these numbers? I hope they did and I hope they learned a little something about the immensity of some numbers.
Feel free to share this chart with anyone else who wants to teach their kids about really big numbers.
Many blessings,
P.S. If you’d like a hands-on tool for teaching your children place value for the numbers 1 – 9,999,999, you might be interested in my One in a Million Place Value Pack. It includes colorful place value cards, color-coordinated mats, and fun activities like the Build a Skyscraper and Build a House games. It’s lots of learning fun!
