In the US. 1 Billion = 1 Thousand million.
Am I right in thinking that in the UK 1 Billion = 1 Million Million?
2006-12-12 12:54:16 · 11 answers · asked by Jack 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Yes
2006-12-12 12:56:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The US definition of a billion is generally used over here now as well.
The Billion defined as 1 million million WAS USED in the UK but the US Billion (1,000,000,000) has been in general usage for many years by our Banks, Government & Journalists.
WIKIPEDIA
There was also a historical difference between billions, trillions, and so forth. Americans use "billion" to mean one thousand million (1,000,000,000), whereas in the UK, until the latter part of the 20th century, it was used to mean one million million ... All major British publications and broadcasters, including the BBC, which long used "thousand million" to avoid ambiguity, now use "billion" to mean thousand million.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences#Numbers
For most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the United Kingdom uniformly used the long scale, while the United States of America used the short scale... However, today the United Kingdom uses the short scale so widely that the term "British usage" is no longer an appropriate phrase.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#UK_usage
2006-12-12 13:01:06 · answer #2 · answered by Mr Crusty 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, we haven't used that convention for several decades! Harold Wilson's government in the 1970's adopted the "American" convention, and that convention quickly spread and is now used in all fields. In 20 years I haven't seen anyone use the "old" billion. The American trillion is also now standard use.
It only seems to be nostalgic traditionalists and foreigners (no offence intended) who think that the UK still uses the old system. We have moved on, really, we have!
2006-12-15 02:11:52 · answer #3 · answered by donotdespisethesnake 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no longer any difference between the British and the American billion.
1 billion = 1,000,000,000
2006-12-12 12:58:12 · answer #4 · answered by Kemmy 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
that depends on the the transfer rate of pounds to dollars. anyway, in the US a billion = 1000 million , just add 3 0's I think. 1,000,000,000= 1,000x 1,000,000. BTW x that billion by 1,000 and I think you'll get a trillion= 1,000,000,000 that's one thosusand millions. a million millions would equal =1,000,000,000,000 which would be a quadrillion! I think!
2006-12-12 13:18:22 · answer #5 · answered by cowboybabeeup 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Its no longer realistic to say 1 billion & mean 1 million million.
Unfortunately.
Just like "gay" doesnt mean bright & cheerful anymore.
2006-12-12 13:00:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes but the American uses of the terms are becoming standardised.
Most British people nowadays saying a billion mean 1000,000,000 just like their American counterparts.
2006-12-12 22:21:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
so then how did you write out your 1 billion?
2006-12-12 13:01:56 · answer #8 · answered by IceyFlame 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, US billion (TRILLION) 1 thousaud million 1 000 000 000. In the Uk its written 1 000 000 000 000, ie 1 million million
2006-12-12 15:29:37 · answer #9 · answered by CLIVE C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bloody Yanks have always got to be different haven't they !!!
2006-12-12 12:59:49 · answer #10 · answered by Borat Sagidiyiv 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋