I was told, in America it is 100 million whereas in the UK it is 1000 million, which is it?
2006-10-02 08:43:01 · 21 answers · asked by cinderella 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Somebody told you wrong. It's 1,000,000,000
Doug
2006-10-02 08:44:40 · answer #1 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A billion is the same in America and the UK. Its 1000 million. (1 with 9 zeroes after it)
2006-10-02 08:44:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the UK it was 12 zeros - which is why its a billion (Bi -million you see) and a trillion used to be 18 zeros (tri-million). But as usual, the Americans who have no concept of ythe language they actually speakk decided to change that so now a billion is onnly a thousand million and a trillion is only a billion. Perheps they had to do a performance review and fiddled their figures like I do!!
2006-10-03 13:25:26 · answer #3 · answered by kingofclubs_uk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UK 1 billion = 1 million million, (1 followed by 12 zeros)
US 1 billion = 1 thousand million, (1 followed by 9 zeros)
US version is generally used.
2006-10-02 08:53:10 · answer #4 · answered by Shona R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The person who told you that it's different in the USA and here was nearly right. In the USA a billion is a thousand million but here in the UK it is a million million, so not everything is bigger in America !! Although when it comes to money its accepted here that a billionaire has a thousand million (that way we have a few more billionaires).
2006-10-02 08:51:29 · answer #5 · answered by st3ve1160 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It used to be that a British billion was a million million (12 zeroes), but we have now mostly accepted the inevitable and gone along with the American-led consensus that it's a thousand million (9 zeroes)
2006-10-02 08:47:47 · answer #6 · answered by gvih2g2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A billion is 1 followed by 12 zeros. Americans say it's 1 followed by only 9 zeros, but that's because they can then say that they spend so many more 'billions' on the environment, etc - and they're fools, too.
2006-10-02 08:51:57 · answer #7 · answered by cheaper_bills 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A British billion is a million million, so that's 1,000,000,000,000. The American billion is a thousand million, 1,000,000,000. Maybe that's why there are more American billionaires?
2006-10-02 09:14:51 · answer #8 · answered by Lynn S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There seem to be two choices British or American, so if using the word billion one would have to make it clear which form one is using. Therefore British Billion 1,000,000,000 American Billion 1,000,000,000,000. No definitive answer?
2016-06-15 07:16:00 · answer #9 · answered by Dorothy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with cheaper b
Originally it meant a million million but we have recently come to use the American thousand million so the answer to your question is 9 zeroes, 1,000,000,000
2006-10-02 22:01:56 · answer #10 · answered by David P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1000 million is a billion. the brits are always right because we are the best!!!
even Golding said so in 'Lord of the Flies' and i quote "we're not savages, we're english, and the english are best at everything".
i realise that he refers to english rather that british which includes wales and scotland so dont point that out!!!
2006-10-02 11:16:38 · answer #11 · answered by vish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋