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Well think about it....

You got 1 million, 2 million...... 999 million.... then you flip over to 1 billion.

It goes like such...

Million
Billion
Trillion
Quadrillion
Quitillion
Sextillion
Septillion
Octillion
Nonitillion
Decitillion... etc...

Go check out this entry on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillion)

2006-11-07 09:30:02 · answer #1 · answered by jeff the drunk 6 · 1 2

The "traditional" value of a billion is a million million, just as a million is a thousand thousand. However this was changed in the US for reason or reasons unknown, and has come to be adopted around the english speaking world. Probably 'cos a traditional billion is a number that'd be rarely used (i.e. it is a 'modern' trillion, 1 * 10^12). How often d'you use that outside of science lessons? And Bill Gates bank account obviously.

2006-11-09 04:08:54 · answer #2 · answered by Chris P 1 · 0 0

many of the later answers are correct.

both are now using 1,000 million for a billion; up until 10-15 years ago, an American billion was "a thousand million" British, and a British billion was an American trillion.

no one has ever used 100 million for a billion.

2006-11-07 11:27:27 · answer #3 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0 0

Yes it's different in the UK & USA. A billion here is 1 million million. A billion in the USA I believe is 1000 million.

2006-11-08 00:01:56 · answer #4 · answered by S 2 · 0 1

Officially a billion was a million million in the UK and a thousand million in the USA. Now the american version has been adopted here too - just like we have started calling 'films' 'movies'.

2006-11-07 10:04:12 · answer #5 · answered by SteveNaive 3 · 3 0

It used to be the case that a UK billion was 1 million million, but we now seem to have adopted the American version and that is that 1Billion = 1000 million.

Confuses old gits like me......especially as we have gone decimal and the Yanks still work in feet and inches!

2006-11-07 09:30:36 · answer #6 · answered by Pit Bull 5 · 2 0

1000 million make a billion in the US. In the UK it was 1000000 million when I was at school, but I have noticed a trend towards using the American billion more.

2006-11-07 09:26:12 · answer #7 · answered by Older&Wiser 5 · 2 0

Well a thousand million make a billion in the UK, Hopefully an American will answer as well and you can compare!!

2006-11-07 09:24:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

In non English speaking countries
10^6 = million
10^9 = milliard
10^12 = billion
10^15 = billiard
10^18 = trillion
10^24 = quadrillion
...
So 1 billion = a million times a million

Th

2006-11-07 09:38:33 · answer #9 · answered by Thermo 6 · 1 3

Yes, although apparently the traditional UK terms are gradually changing and the American usage is becoming more common everywhere. In both the US and in the UK, a one with six zeroes is called a "million" In the US, a one with nine zeroes is a "billion". In traditional UK usage, that number would be a "thousand million". In the US, a one with twelve zeroes would be a "trillion". In traditional UK usage, that number would be a "billion".

2016-03-17 06:38:15 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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