What do Brits call billions?

To Americans and the French, a billion means a thousand millions (1,000,000,000, or 10 to the ninth, what some British call a milliard, a term that seems never to have been widely accepted).

What is the British word for thousand million?

Never heard of those. Apparently, 40 years ago, the British had different names for big numbers, different from ours. A "milliard" was what we now call a "billion," or a thousand million. What they called a "billion" was a 1 with 12 zeros after it (which we call a "trillion").

Is an American billion the same as a British billion?

An American billion is a one and nine zeros, or 10 to the power of 9. A British billion is a one and twelve zeroes, or 10 to the power of 12. So the British billion is one thousand times an American billion.

Is billion and milliard the same?

1,000,000,000 (one billion, short scale; one thousand million or one milliard, one yard, long scale) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001.

What do Americans call a billion?

The USA meaning of a billion is a thousand million, or one followed by nine noughts (1,000,000,000). Increasingly in this country we are using the USA meaning of a billion for these big numbers, and a trillion for the old UK meaning of one followed by twelve noughts.

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What is an Australian billion?

(dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million million (logic: 1,000,000^2): a 1 followed by twelve zeros; 10¹²quotations ▼

Is a billion different in Europe?

Thus, a European billion has 12 zeroes. Not current usage in Britain - when British people nowadays speak of 1 billion, they mean one thousand million.

What is a billion vs trillion vs milliard?

In the U.S. a billion is a thousand million (9 zeros), but in most other countries a billion is traditionally a million million (12 zeros, which is what Americans call a trillion). The British term for what Americans call a billion is a milliard, but that word has almost disappeared.

Is billion the same in Spanish and English?

In summary, it's important to remember that a billion in English is equivalent to one thousand million (a 1 followed by 9 zeros: 1 000 000 000) while in Spanish it's a million million (a 1 followed by 12 zeros: 1 000 000 000 000).

Is a trillion same in UK and US?

Trillion is a number with two distinct definitions: 1,000,000,000,000, i.e. one million million, or 10¹² (ten to the twelfth power), as defined on the short scale. This is now the meaning in both American and British English.

What is a trillion British?

trillions. (US, modern British and Australian, short scale) The number 1,000,000,000,000. In the United States, one million millions is a trillion. (older British and Australian, long scale) The number 1,000,000,000,000,000,000.

How many billions is a UK trillion?

In the British system each of the denominations is 1,000,000 times the preceding one (one trillion = 1,000,000 billions) with the sole exception of milliard, which is sometimes used for 1,000 millions.

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What is a quintillion in UK?

a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 18 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 30 zeros.

Is A Zillion a number?

Zillion is not actually a real number; it's simply a term used to refer to an undetermined but extremely large quantity.

What is a trillion in millions UK?

One trillion is equivalent to 1000000 million or in words, we can say that one million million, that is, 1, 000, 000, 000, 000.

What comes after googolplex?

Some numbers come after googolplex, and we have named them too. Skewes' number is one of the larger numbers than even a googolplex. This number was developed by mathematician Stanley Skewes and named after him.

Is there any Trillionaires?

No one has yet claimed the title of trillionaire, although the speed at which the world's wealthiest individuals have grown their fortunes suggests that it could happen in just a few years.

How much is a German billion?

An English billion is die Milliarde in German (plural Milliarden). That's a 1 followed by 9 zeros, 1,000,000,000. Let's get even bigger with our next false friend: Ich bin eine aus sechs Billionen.

Are there two types of billion?

Billion is a word for a large number, and it has two distinct definitions: 1,000,000,000, i.e. one thousand million, or 10⁹ (ten to the ninth power), as defined on the short scale.

How many millions is a billion in Europe?

A billion is used to denote one thousand million: 1 000 000 000, or 10⁹.

What is a quad billion?

A thousand million millions. 1,000 x 1,000,000 x 1,000,000 = 1,000,000,000,000,000. Which is a 1 followed by 15 zeros. Using scientific notation: 1 × 10¹⁵. We could also think of it as a thousand trillion or a million billion.

How many billions are in a Trillian?

1 trillion is equal to how many billion? One trillion (1,000,000,000,000) is the equivalent of 1000 billion or 1 million millions.