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::How about a table listing names of the common [[Powers of ten]] used in [[American English]] and in Europe? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 19:54, 21 April 2007 (EDT) | ::How about a table listing names of the common [[Powers of ten]] used in [[American English]] and in Europe? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 19:54, 21 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | | thousand || thousand || 10<sup>3</sup> = 1,000 | ||
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| + | | million || million || 10<sup>6</sup> = 1,000,000 | ||
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| + | | billion || ? || 10<sup>9</sup> = 1,000,000,000 | ||
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"In Europe it is thought to be a million million (1012), however the popularity of this usage is declining." It is? I hadn't noticed. AKjeldsen 16:30, 15 April 2007 (EDT)
Wouldn't a billion be a THOUSAND millions, not a million millions? A million millions would be 1,000,000,000,000, or one TRILLION.--Elamdri 16:35, 15 April 2007 (EDT)
- In America, a billion is a thousand millions. In Europe, however, a thousand millions is called a milliard, while a million millions is a billion. Each is logical enough in itself, but it's terribly inconvenient when they have to be coordinated. AKjeldsen 16:38, 15 April 2007 (EDT)
- How about a table listing names of the common Powers of ten used in American English and in Europe? --Ed Poor 19:54, 21 April 2007 (EDT)
| American | European | Math |
| thousand | thousand | 103 = 1,000 |
| million | million | 106 = 1,000,000 |
| billion | ? | 109 = 1,000,000,000 |