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999 (nine hundred [and] ninety-nine or nine-nine-nine) is a natural number following 998 and preceding 1000. It is the largest 3-digit decimal integer . Natural number
In this way, numbers up to 10 3·999+3 = 10 3000 (short scale) or 10 6·999 = 10 5994 (long scale) may be named. The choice of roots and the concatenation procedure is that of the standard dictionary numbers if n is 9 or smaller. For larger n (between 10 and 999), prefixes can be constructed based on a system described by Conway and Guy. [17]
The Ancient Greeks used a system based on the myriad, that is, ten thousand, and their largest named number was a myriad myriad, or one hundred million. In The Sand Reckoner , Archimedes (c. 287–212 BC) devised a system of naming large numbers reaching up to
A list of articles about numbers (not about numerals). Topics include powers of ten, notable integers, prime and cardinal numbers, and the myriad system.
The number of neuronal connections in the human brain (estimated at 10 14), or 100 trillion; The Avogadro constant is the number of "elementary entities" (usually atoms or molecules) in one mole; the number of atoms in 12 grams of carbon-12 – approximately 6.022 × 10 23, or 602.2 sextillion.
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999 or triple nine most often refers to: 999 (emergency telephone number) , a telephone number for the emergency services in several countries 999 (number) , an integer
The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. [6] In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.