Last Updated on 03/01/2021 by GS Staff
Q: How many zeros in a million, billion, and trillion?
It is often difficult to remember how many zeros are in numbers when they are very large. This would include a million, a billion, and a trillion. Below we have provided the answer to how many zeros are in these numbers.
A million has 6 zeros: 1,000,000
A billion has 9 zeros: 1,000,000,000
A trillion has 12 zeros: 1,000,000,000,000
The below table shows the number of zeros in the numbers ten, one hundred, one thousand, and continuing up to a trillion. This should give you an idea of how to determine the zeros in these common numbers.
Zeros in Numbers
| Number | Number of Zeros |
|---|---|
| Ten (10) | 1 |
| One Hundred (100) | 2 |
| One Thousand (1,000) | 3 |
| Ten Thousand (10,000) | 4 |
| One Hundred Thousand (100,000) | 5 |
| One Million (1,000,000 | 6 |
| Ten Million (10,000,000) | 7 |
| One Hundred Million (100,000,000) | 8 |
| One Billion (1,000,000,000) | 9 |
| Ten Billion (10,000,000,000) | 10 |
| One Hundred Billion (100,000,000,000) | 11 |
| One Trillion (1,000,000,000,000 | 12 |