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Re: How many is a billion?

Posted By: wintermute, on host 65.189.42.201
Date: Tuesday, October 3, 2006, at 18:10:59
In Reply To: Re: How many is a billion? posted by daniel78 on Tuesday, October 3, 2006, at 17:50:39:

> I've always thought that the American system is the more logical one. One reason is this pattern:
>
> 100 = hundred
> 100,000 = hundred thousand
> 100,000,000 = hundred million
> 100,000,000,000 = hundred billion
> 100,000,000,000,000 = hundred trillion
>
> There's also this pattern:
> one thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, one million, ten million, hundred million, etc.

As opposed to the British pattern:
100 = hundred
100,000 = hundred thousand
100,000,000 = hundred million
100,000,000,000 = hundred milliard
100,000,000,000,000 = hundred billion

I honestly don't see the difference, there...

winter"didn't we have this thread years ago?"mute

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Re: How many is a billion? - Darien - Wed, 10/4/2006, 00:29:44
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Message:	> > I've always thought that the American system is the more logical one. One reason is this pattern: > > > > 100 = hundred > > 100,000 = hundred thousand > > 100,000,000 = hundred million > > 100,000,000,000 = hundred billion > > 100,000,000,000,000 = hundred trillion > > > > There's also this pattern: > > one thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, one million, ten million, hundred million, etc. > > As opposed to the British pattern: > 100 = hundred > 100,000 = hundred thousand > 100,000,000 = hundred million > 100,000,000,000 = hundred milliard > 100,000,000,000,000 = hundred billion > > I honestly don't see the difference, there... > > winter"didn't we have this thread years ago?"mute
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