How can you represent large numbers?

If you wish to make your own code for the purpose try using strings to store big numbers... you can then create basic ops like + - / * on them... for example -

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

string add (string &s1, string &s2){
    int carry=0,sum,i;

    string  min=s1,
    max=s2,
    result = "";

    if (s1.length()>s2.length()){
        max = s1;
        min = s2;
    } else {
        max = s2;
        min = s1;
    }

    for (i = min.length()-1; i>=0; i--){
        sum = min[i] + max[i + max.length() - min.length()] + carry - 2*'0';

        carry = sum/10;
        sum %=10;

        result = (char)(sum + '0') + result;
    }

    i = max.length() - min.length()-1;

    while (i>=0){
        sum = max[i] + carry - '0';
        carry = sum/10;
        sum%=10;

        result = (char)(sum + '0') + result;
        i--;
    }

    if (carry!=0){
        result = (char)(carry + '0') + result;
    }       

    return result;
}

int main (){
    string a,b;

    cin >> a >> b;

    cout << add (a,b)<<endl;

    return 0;
}

Well I think the best way to do such arithmetic calculation is by using strings. Give input as command line arguments and then manipulate the whole logic using string functions like atoi() and itoa()! But, hey can this be done for multiplication and Division? I think in this way strlen of strings entered doesn't matter for programming for compiler until the logic is fine.