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Re: How many is a billion?

Posted By: Alexfrog, on host 24.19.222.201
Date: Saturday, October 14, 2006, at 16:29:09
In Reply To: How many is a billion? posted by Dave on Tuesday, October 3, 2006, at 17:15:21:

I think the Americna version is better because it doesnt skip certain powers of 1000.

What do you call 10^9 in the british system? Its a billion in America, but in the British system its 1000 million. Using two words is worse than using one. Do they have a term for '1000 million' which is easier? I havent herard of it, if there is.

It kindof sucks to have to say 'one hundred thousand million'.

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Re: How many is a billion? - wintermute - Sun, 10/15/2006, 10:35:27
Re: How many is a billion? - Darien - Sun, 10/15/2006, 06:55:45
Re: How many is a billion? - Howard - Sat, 10/14/2006, 16:41:30

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