This Maths Command Was Among Most Trending Google Searches In 2021. And Google's Answer Was Fun

A math question was high on the list of things Indians searched for this year, in Google’s Year in Review 2021.

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New Delhi: Do you know which question was asked by most Indians to Google Assistant in 2021? Google India announced on Twitter Wednesday that one of the most trending searches of the year was, “What is the factorial of 100?”.

This math question was high on the list of things Indians searched for this year, according to Google’s Year in Review 2021 report.

Ok people, this command became one of the most trending searches in 2021 👇

“What is the factorial of hundred”

Ask Google Assistant yourself tOoOoOoOoO figure out why 🤭

— Google India (@GoogleIndia) December 29, 2021

Now, we know that Google has the answer to almost every question on Earth. But when Google Assistant tells you what the factorial of 100 is, it sounds hilarious. Check it out yourself.

What Is A Factorial?

A factorial is the product of all positive integers less than or equal to a given positive integer and denoted by that integer and an exclaimation mark, according to Britannica. Therefore, the factorial of 10 is denoted as 10! and is equal to 10 × 9 × 8 × 7 × ×6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1. Factorial 0 is defined as 1.

What Is The Factorial Of 100?

The factorial of 100 would be equal to 100 × 99 × 98 ×… × 2, which is equal to 93326215443944152681699238856266700490715968264381621468592963895217599993229915608941463976156518286253697920827223758251185210916864000000000000000000000000.

100! has 158 digits, including 24 trailing zeroes.

How Does Google Assistant Answer The Question?

When Google Assistant is asked what the factorial of 100 is, the following text is displayed on the screen: 9.332622e+157. Google Assistant answers the question verbally, speaking out every digit of the answer. After it is done narrating the 134 non-zero digits, Google Assistant starts dictating the trailing zeroes in a funny manner. There are 12 pairs of trailing zeroes, and for each pair, Google Assistant says, “Oo”, which sounds amusing.

Netizens wittily commented on Google India’s tweet to express their amusement. For instance, one user tweeted:

OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo.... https://t.co/a1ZYrtEyLT

— Dixit Jhinkwan (@printf_dj) December 29, 2021

Google Assistant gives fun answers to other questions as well, and another twitter user mentioned some of the instances. The user wrote: "Nice one! Archived similar results with these questions: what is 10 raised to 100 ( googol) and 10 raised to 200😂".

When one asks Google Assistant what 10 raised to the power 100 is, it replies, "Googol", and narrates the trailing zeroes in a fashion similar to that used for 100! Googol is equivalent to 10 raised to the power 100.