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googol

In mathematics, the name given to the number 10100 (1 with a hundred zeros). The googolplex is (1 with a googol of zeros).


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Pappas delivers a new way to enjoy and learn some sublimely abstract notions, such as tessellations, fractals, googols, imaginary numbers, and much more.
Milton Sirota made up the word googol to stand for the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros--a very large number.
Introduce the word "googol" and explain that one googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeroes.
 
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