When we begin studying place value, we’ll “officially” explore numbers through the millions. But why stop there? How far should we go? Just imagine the number one with a hundred zeroes behind it. Did you know that would be called a googol? And then if you have a one with a googol zeroes behind it, it’s a googolplex?

Don’t confuse a googolplex with the Googleplex, though! The Googleplex is the name for the headquarters for Google, the Internet search company. Hmmm… now why would the people at Google name their headquarters with a word that sounds like a huge number?

PS - Thanks to Ben (Aubree’s dad) for the correction to my original posting!