i am not clear as to how much is a billion and trillion. some say that in US billion is 10 raised to power 9 whereas in other countries it is 10 raised to power 12. similarly trillion. is it 10 raised to power 15 or 18? is it not confusing if different countries adopt different values for the same thing.
2006-09-26 20:20:55 · 15 answers · asked by hiteshi n 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Whatever you might have heard or known could have positively confused you since there were different US and UK conventions being followed in the past. I do agree with your confusions!
However, these days generally at all places 1 billion is 10 raised to power 9 i.e. 1000 millions is 1 billion and 10 raised to power 12 i.e. 1000 billions is 1 Trillion. Hope you follow this clearly and don't get confused any further.
2006-09-26 20:41:14 · answer #1 · answered by Manindomb 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
USA and Modern British("short scale")
billion 10^9
trillion 10^12
Traditional British value(long scale):
billion 10^12
trillion 10^18
2006-09-26 22:04:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ok, as UK billion is a million million (10 to the 12)
A US billion is a hundred billion (10 to the 9)
UK 10 to the 18
US 10 to the 12
These are only traditional british values though, they now use the american system.
2006-09-26 20:26:07 · answer #3 · answered by Simon K 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a billion is 10^9 these days - i.e. a thousand million, and a trillion is 10^12 - i.e. a thousand billion.
2006-09-26 21:53:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you were to spend 1000$ a day, it would take you 2 years & 9 months(1000 days) to spend a million dollars, pounds, whatever.
To spend a billion $, it would take 2739 years and 9 months, a much more difficult task (except for gov'ts of course).
the same holds for a trillion, except you have to spend a million $ a day...
2006-09-26 22:03:31 · answer #5 · answered by thrag 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a billion is 10^9
a trillion is 10^12
that's the standard. but it varies in some countries.
2006-09-26 20:48:14 · answer #6 · answered by woof! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you see the numbers go up by ten:
10
100
1000
10000
100,000
1000, 000 == Million
1000 Million = Billion= 1,000,000,000
1000 Billion = Trillion = 1,000,000,000,000
Hope this makes sense to you, it does to me!
2006-09-26 21:15:43 · answer #7 · answered by Fred 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Australia,
1 billion is 1,000,000,000
1 trillion is 1,000,000,000,000
2006-09-26 20:24:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out this site: http://pages.prodigy.net/jhonig/bignum/knumnam2.html It shows that in England the numbers are to a different power to America. Hopefully this site will let you be able to convert.
2006-09-26 23:47:23 · answer #9 · answered by Sam the Man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a billion = 1,000 Millions = 1,000,000,000
a trillion = 1,000 Billions = 1,000,000,000,000
simple as pie! damn thats a lot of 0's
2006-09-26 20:27:01 · answer #10 · answered by a44arana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋