Number Competition (Number Talk 2)

     Before we get on to bigger numbers, let's have a small competition on who can come up with the biggest number. Now, some ground rules here, obviously:

1. The number has to have meaning. (Can not be a random number like 529348579823475892, but it could be Graham's number, number of atoms in the universe, etc.)
2. No copying a number that's already been written.

And that's it. (Trust me, this game isn't easy.)
Ready to start?
Okay.

Level 1: (Set your timer to 3 minutes)
Try to beat the number googol, or 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000, which is 1 followed by 100 zeroes, or 10 to the 100th power. (Correct me if I put less or more than 100 zeroes).

If you succeed within 3 minutes, please comment down below on which number you used. And if you didn't, that's okay, scroll down for the answer.




































All right, if you are all the way down here, you either tried to problem or you're just peeking at the answer, but now let's try together.

Attempt 1: Number of atoms on earth? (1.3 * (10 to the power of 50))
Nope. Try again. That's too small.
Attempt 2: Number of atoms in known universe? (10 to the power of 78 - 10 to the power of 82)
Nope. Getting closer...
Attempt 3: The number of Planck volumes that could fit in the known universe? (8.5 * 10 to the power of 185)
YAY!

As you can see, that was already pretty hard. I'll post level two (Number Talk 3) if this one gets 2 +1's and 50 views.


Hope you enjoyed - Owen

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