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ablackett82 opened this issue May 17, 2025 · 3 comments
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I'd like to see some big numbers represented in words. #2317

ablackett82 opened this issue May 17, 2025 · 3 comments
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@ablackett82
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Could we implement an improvement which expresses on the right hand side after the numerical approximation, 10^9 as billion, and 10^12 as trillion and 10^100 as googol, and 10^(10^100) as googolplex, I'm sure I could think of lots more. My 8 year old son loves playing with my Numworks and this would make his head explode with excitement!

10^100 =currently shows 1E100 which is an old and confusing notation, which the kids don't understand, why not just show it as 10^100 = googol (101 digits).
@yannis300307
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There are multiple reasons to write 10^100 instead of 1 googl. Firstly, using scientist notation is an international standard and is expected at the exams. Secondly, I think that writing 1E100 is clearer than 1 googl for most people as we direcly see the amount of 0. Moreover, writing numbers using words could create very long sentences that couldn't fit on the calculator screen. However, it could be a feature to add in the additional results menu.
Note that the calculator can't manage numbers larger than 10^308 so 10^10^100 can't be represented.

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Thanks, I don't disagree with anything you have said. I was thinking it could be added after the additional results, in the same way that complex numbers are displayed on an argand diagram.

I'm not proposing 'long sentences' just for interesting or significant numbers, such as the system described here.
https://kyodaisuu.github.io/illion/index.html
Which is referenced here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_large_numbers

I'd also like to see 1E100 replaced with 1x10^100 which is the notation all students use in school. But what you said is true, that 1E100 is clearer than 1googol for most people - but there is room for both.

@adri1numworks
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Hello, this is an interesting suggestion but it would really be a bonus feature and not a priority. I prefer closing this issue for now as we won't tackle it. Feel free to comment back or reopen this issue if needed

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