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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-05 10:08 AM
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How many zeros in a sextillion?
This is neither a sex thread nor a South American joke.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-05 10:11 AM
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1. I think it's less than a brazillion......
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-05 10:14 AM
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2. MAny, lots, Amounts
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-05 10:25 AM
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3. It's...
In the American system, .
(10^21 or 10 to the 21 power)

One sextillion is 10,000 million million million

or
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

22 zeros
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-05 10:28 AM
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4. I thought 22 zeros was Bush's Cabinet.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-05 10:28 AM
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5. I thought 22 zeros was Bush's Cabinet.
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Taxloss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-05 11:10 AM
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6. 69?
Sorry, had to.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-05 11:14 AM
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7. Good One... Not a rolling on the ground....
But a good one....
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-05 11:19 AM
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8. I give up ...
how many is in - 10 to the 21st power
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