how many millions make a billion?
2006-10-24 04:45:45 · 21 answers · asked by we_ mik 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Standards & Testing
A traditional English billion was a million millions therefore written as 1,000,000,000,000 however in recent years it has become common international practice to use the American billion which is a thousand million hence 1,000,000,000
2006-10-24 04:49:42 · answer #1 · answered by thecat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One thousand million makes a Billion
2006-10-24 11:48:52 · answer #2 · answered by paradiseNick 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10 millions make a billion
2006-10-24 11:52:34 · answer #3 · answered by A 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A billion in number form is 1,000,000,000. A million is 1,000,000. There are three more zeros in a million than a billion. Take another pair of numbers, one with three more zeros. 2 and 2,000. 2,000 is 2 x 1,000 because it has three more zeros. Therefore, one billion is a thousand millions.
2006-10-24 11:50:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1000 1 millions
2006-10-24 11:53:04 · answer #5 · answered by Jon C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it varies from country to country.
In the UK, a biliion is a million million,
In the US, a billion is a 1,000 million.
I always knew we have something bigger than they did !
Although the US definition is taking over due to most companies reporting in US billion terms. See all the answers above, what a sad state of affairs, we all know we're being taken over and can do nothing to resist.....crikey, we'll be eating thier fast food next.
2006-10-24 11:53:29 · answer #6 · answered by Michael H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
billion
adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States [syn: a billion] 2: denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain [syn: a billion] n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen [syn: one million million, 1000000000000] 2: the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros [syn: one thousand million, 1000000000]
2006-10-24 12:00:10 · answer #7 · answered by srini m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 million in the UK, 1 thousand in the States.
2006-10-24 11:50:55 · answer #8 · answered by Gerard McCarthy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1,000 million is commonly accepted as 1 billion in the UK
2006-10-24 11:53:53 · answer #9 · answered by peter357969 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1,000 millions make a billion
2006-10-24 11:48:58 · answer #10 · answered by William J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋