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From thousands to millions to billions to trillions to quadrillions and beyond: Do numbers ever end?

Manil Suri, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, The Conversation
Posted 4/15/24

The number zero was a relatively recent and crucial addition − it allows numbers to extend in both directions forever. pixel_dreams/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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