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Title for Nine quadragintillion eight hundred fifty-three noventrigintillion... (Multiplication)
Title for Nine quadragintillion eight hundred fifty-three noventrigintillion... (Multiplication)
Pencil on paper
21" x 14¼"
2017

While completing ...(Multiplication) and ...(Division), I realized that any calculation can also be written out as a sentence. In particular, as there are methods that can calculate multiplication and division on numbers of any size, there are equivalent naming methods for converting a number of any size into words. There are two well known conventions, an American method and a European method. This piece is ...(Multiplication) written out as a sentence, in the American convention, and it acts as both the transcription and the title to the piece.