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Where did the name quadrillions come from?

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The number 4

'Quad' means '4' as in quadrilateral - a four sided figure.

The number 'million' is, in both the US and UK 1,000,000

The Billion (Bi means 2 as in 'Bicycle - a 2-wheeled cycle) is more difficult. In the US it is 1000 million (1000,000,000),in the UK 1 million million (1000,000,000,000). However, more often than not nowadays, the US billion is used both in the US and UK.

Trillion (from tri=3 as in tricycle, a 3-wheeled cycle) is therefore 1000,000,000,000

A quadrillion is therefore 1000,000,000,000,000

Adding three 0's each time creates further numbers such as a quintillion (5), sextillion (6), septillion (7), octillion (8) and so on.

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