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What are the two naming scales for large numbers used in English and other European languages?
What are the two naming scales for large numbers used in English and other European languages?
the long and short scales
Which scale is dominant in many non-English-speaking areas?
Which scale is dominant in many non-English-speaking areas?
the long scale
What are the naming procedures based on?
What are the naming procedures based on?
taking the number n occurring in 10^3n+3 (short scale) or 10^6n (long scale) and concatenating Latin roots for its units, tens, and hundreds place, together with the suffix -illion
Are names of numbers above a trillion commonly used in practice?
Are names of numbers above a trillion commonly used in practice?
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In which domain are such large numbers primarily used?
In which domain are such large numbers primarily used?
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