Billion? Million? Trillion?
BudMann9
What do the British call the number " 1,000,000,000 " ?
That's our U.S. billion... but not theirs
And I guess I could extend the question to is there a British trillion?
(Since their " 1,000,000,000,000 " is a "billion")
Kristoff
> That's our U.S. billion... but not theirs
According to Merriam-Webster's 9th Collegiate Dictionairy, 1 with 9 zeros is
called a milliard.
12 zeros=billion
18 zeros=trillion
and for the record, 15,000,000,000,000,000 is "15 thousand billion" in
British, by the way.
Morehits4u
>From: "Kristoff" boo...@starpower.net
>9th Collegiate Dictionairy, 1 with 9 zeros is
>called a milliard.
>12 zeros=billion
>18 zeros=trillion
>and for the record, 15,000,000,000,000,000 is "15 thousand billion" in
>British, by the way.
>
Isnt that the number of times that Chucky
wucky has said hi how are you i am fine ?
Your Name Here:
"BudMann9" <budm...@aol.comnope> wrote in message
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> Just wondering....
>
> What do the British call the number " 1,000,000,000 " ?
>
>
> (Since their " 1,000,000,000,000 " is a "billion")
Decimal = US = UK
1,000,000,000 = Billion = Milliard
1,000,000,000,000 = Trillion = Billion
1,000,000,000,000,000 = Quadrillion = Trillion
and so on and so forth...
Roger Reini
BudMann9 wrote:
>
> Just wondering....
>
> What do the British call the number " 1,000,000,000 " ?
>
> That's our U.S. billion... but not theirs
I've generally heard it referred to as "a thousand million", which is
understandable enough on both sides of the Atlantic. But I think that
the usage is shifting towards our American usage -- i.e, a billion is 10
to the ninth.
Roger (ro...@rreini.com)
Jeremy Rogers
> According to Merriam-Webster's 9th Collegiate Dictionairy, 1 with 9 zeros is
> called a milliard.
Yes although I can't remember hearing it used - more common in other
European languages I think.
Since Her Majesty's Treasury adopted the American definition of a billion
years ago this is if anything more common in use than the 'old'
British billion.
Say a thousand million to be sure and understood :)
jez
--
Matt Ottinger
Chris M. Dickson wrote:
> In article <8k7hfk$hhp$1...@plonk.apk.net>, Your Name Here: <n...@email.cc>
> writes
> >Decimal = US = UK
> >1,000,000,000 = Billion = Milliard
> >1,000,000,000,000 = Trillion = Billion
> >1,000,000,000,000,000 = Quadrillion = Trillion
>
> (Off-topic as heck, but this is a good one. Original, too, I think.)
>
> This reminds me. Can I sign anyone up in my campaign to abolish the
> thousand? I think we should devalue the million to be ten hundred, the
> billion to be ten hundred ten hundred and so forth.
Hey, you act like you people INVENTED this language or something!
--Matt
otti...@acd.net
Bitter because I didn't get involved in the first Brit bashing...
Chris M. Dickson
writes
>Decimal = US = UK
>1,000,000,000 = Billion = Milliard
>1,000,000,000,000 = Trillion = Billion
>1,000,000,000,000,000 = Quadrillion = Trillion
(Off-topic as heck, but this is a good one. Original, too, I think.)
This reminds me. Can I sign anyone up in my campaign to abolish the
thousand? I think we should devalue the million to be ten hundred, the
billion to be ten hundred ten hundred and so forth.
The reason for this is that it will make multiplying large powers of ten
much easier.
1 = 10^ 0 = unit
1 000 = 10^ 3 = mi-llion
1 000 000 = 10^ 6 = bi-llion
1 000 000 000 = 10^ 9 = tri-llion
1 000 000 000 000 = 10^12 = quadri-llion
1 000 000 000 000 000 = 10^15 = quinti-llion
1 000 000 000 000 000 000 = 10^18 = sexti-llion
When you want to multiply one large power of ten by another, all you do
is add the obvious meanings of the prefices together. So when you want
to multiply 1 000 000 by 1 000 000 000, a billion by a trillion, you
think bi=2 and tri=3, add the two together and get 5, which is obviously
quinti - hence quintillion. At the moment, you have to remember that a
million billions is a quadrillion, but there's no logic behind mi being
associated with two sets of zeroes, and bi three and quadri five.
After all, bisexuality doesn't imply sex with people of three genders,
does it?
Napier would have been proud
Chris
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Eric The Moron Slayer
>This reminds me. Can I sign anyone up in my campaign to abolish the
>thousand? I think we should devalue the million to be ten hundred, the
>billion to be ten hundred ten hundred and so forth.
>
>The reason for this is that it will make multiplying large powers of ten
>much easier.
>
>1 = 10^ 0 = unit
>1 000 = 10^ 3 = mi-llion
>1 000 000 = 10^ 6 = bi-llion
>1 000 000 000 = 10^ 9 = tri-llion
>1 000 000 000 000 = 10^12 = quadri-llion
>1 000 000 000 000 000 = 10^15 = quinti-llion
>1 000 000 000 000 000 000 = 10^18 = sexti-llion
>
>When you want to multiply one large power of ten by another, all you do
>is add the obvious meanings of the prefices together. So when you want
>to multiply 1 000 000 by 1 000 000 000, a billion by a trillion, you
>think bi=2 and tri=3, add the two together and get 5, which is obviously
>quinti - hence quintillion. At the moment, you have to remember that a
>million billions is a quadrillion, but there's no logic behind mi being
>associated with two sets of zeroes, and bi three and quadri five.
>
Well it would certainly make more sense. But I could see WWTBAM right now
"You've just won a hundred dollars...two undred dollars...three hundred
dollars...five hundred dollars...you've just won one million dollars. For two
million...for FOUR million...for EIGHT million" and so on :-)
Things change so fast. I got a new telephone cord so I don't get kicked off
all the time. Justin Timberlake is engaged. But one thing is still the
same...
Sometimes mistaken for Mike Klauss (next one to do it again leaves with a black
eye)
TenthSFGA
we should devalue the million to be ten hundred ......
>Matt: Hey, you act like you people INVENTED this language or something!
LOL
BudMann9
John Sergent
> Since Her Majesty's Treasury adopted the American definition of a billion
> years ago this is if anything more common in use than the 'old'
> British billion.
>
been better had it been about the British billion: there would have
been two different answers correct.
--
"Just because the cat has kittens in the oven doesn't make them biscuits"
John Sergent
>
> In article <8k7hfk$hhp$1...@plonk.apk.net>, Your Name Here: <n...@email.cc>
> writes
> >Decimal = US = UK
> >1,000,000,000 = Billion = Milliard
> >1,000,000,000,000 = Trillion = Billion
> >1,000,000,000,000,000 = Quadrillion = Trillion
>
> (Off-topic as heck, but this is a good one. Original, too, I think.)
>
> This reminds me. Can I sign anyone up in my campaign to abolish the
> thousand? I think we should devalue the million to be ten hundred, the
> billion to be ten hundred ten hundred and so forth.
>
> The reason for this is that it will make multiplying large powers of ten
> much easier.
>
> 1 = 10^ 0 = unit
> 1 000 = 10^ 3 = mi-llion
> 1 000 000 = 10^ 6 = bi-llion
> 1 000 000 000 = 10^ 9 = tri-llion
> 1 000 000 000 000 = 10^12 = quadri-llion
> 1 000 000 000 000 000 = 10^15 = quinti-llion
> 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 = 10^18 = sexti-llion
>
Nah, the world is confusing enough as it is.
> When you want to multiply one large power of ten by another, all you do
> is add the obvious meanings of the prefices together. So when you want
> to multiply 1 000 000 by 1 000 000 000, a billion by a trillion, you
> think bi=2 and tri=3, add the two together and get 5, which is obviously
> quinti - hence quintillion. At the moment, you have to remember that a
> million billions is a quadrillion, but there's no logic behind mi being
> associated with two sets of zeroes, and bi three and quadri five.
>
> After all, bisexuality doesn't imply sex with people of three genders,
> does it?
>
It might, if you find someone of three genders. Happy Monday!