i was under the impression a billion was a million million or a million squared (as a million is a thousand squared) and that a trillion is a billion squared or a million cubed, (hence the tri). am i wrong? ive got a feeling i probably am
2006-10-31 02:08:41 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
1,001,000,000,000 if you add them together.
a billion is a thousand million (1 + 9 zeros on the end)
a trillion is a thousand billion = a million million (1+ 12 zeros)
a quadrillion is a thousand trillion (1+ 15 zeros)
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Those are the ONLY values for those numbers, doesn't matter about what country you're in, they're the same everywhere. Danhanjay is out of date, so is Essex friendly.
2006-10-31 05:35:35 · answer #1 · answered by THJE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah, this is a great question, with cultural undertones.
Say 50 years ago, the US called a billion 1000 million and the UK (Brits) called a billion a million million.
So in 1950, US billion = 1,000,000,000
and UK billion = 1000,000,000,000
At that time the UK called 1,000,000,000 a milliard
I think it was during the 1970s that the Financial Times started to use the US termiology and since then, Brits have used the same convention as the US.
Now in both US and UK a billion is 1,000,000,000
and in both countries a trillion is 1,000,000,000,000
2006-10-31 17:20:57 · answer #2 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends where you come from. Apparently the US have a different type of billion and trillion from those of us in the UK. The only actual value for a billion I've ever heard is one thousand million, and I've never had to deal with numbers in their trillions so I don't know about that one.
2006-10-31 12:19:40 · answer #3 · answered by Katri-Mills 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A billion is 1000 million and a trillion is 1000 billion.
2006-10-31 10:20:47 · answer #4 · answered by Doc M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 million = 10^6
1billion = 10^9
1 trillion = 10^12
1 billion is 1000 million
1 trillion is 1000 billion
2006-10-31 10:13:37 · answer #5 · answered by Magick Kitty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's true in French, where a n-llion = 10^(6n). A centillion is 1 followed by 600 zeroes.
In English, a n-lion = 10^(3+3n). Thus a billion is 10^9 and a trillion is 10^12.
2006-10-31 10:13:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 billion=10^9
1 trillion=10^12
2006-10-31 12:04:06 · answer #7 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a billion is a 1000 million. a trillion is a 1000 billion.
2006-10-31 10:12:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A billion has 9 noughts
A Trillion has 12 noughts!
2006-10-31 10:14:03 · answer #9 · answered by Adam Higgs 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1000,000,000,000 (1000 million is a billion)
1000,000,000,000,000 (1000 billion is a trillion)
2006-10-31 10:15:02 · answer #10 · answered by clutterbug84 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋