There are several Probaway posts on a new way for labeling numbers from infinitely tiny to infinitely large that makes their relative values obvious. This replaces the International System of Units (SI) method of counting which is intended to be simple, unambiguous, and easy to use but isn’t. The system is ruined by a plethora of arbitrary names and values which make it nearly impossible to use the system without having the values printed before you and some paper, or a calculator to do your calculations, even for intellectually simple problems.
The SI system of prefixes, abbreviations and values: yotta Y 10^24, zetta Z 10^21, exa E 10^18, peta P 10^15, tera T 10^12, giga G 10^9, mega M 10^6, kilo k10^3, hecto h 10^2, deca da 10^1, number, deci d 10^-1, centi c 10^-2, milli m 10^-3, micro μ 10^-6, nano n 10^-9, pico p 10^-12, femto f 10^-15, atto a 10^-18, zepto z 10^-21, yocto y 10^-24.
With the Probaway counting system, you have a routine single syllable word (tie, symbol small t) for placing the decimal point no matter how tiny or large the value. That word tie is routinely followed by a positive number which sets the decimal point to the right, or if the number is between 0 and 1 a minus is added to set the decimal point to the left the number of positions indicated by the number following the minus sign.
When that process is followed, routine computations between all numbers, great and minuscule, are easily done. Addition and subtraction of the numbers to the right of the word tie are working at the power of ten, and thus making those great values more obvious. The numbers to the left of the word tie are where the other mathematical computations are done. Sometimes, there will be a shift in the decimal location and that number will simply be added or subtracted, as needed, from those to the right of the word tie.
It would be easy if everyone was counting that way, but it is unlikely.
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