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Why is it hard to count zeroes? Maybe because it's the European name that's next to the numeric presentation?
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| U. S. usage || Former British usage || Math
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| thousand || 10<sup>3</sup> = 1,000 || thousand
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| million || 10<sup>6</sup> = 1,000,000 || million
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| billion || thousand million or milliard || 10<sup>9</sup> = 1,000,000,000
| billion || 10<sup>9</sup> = 1,000,000,000 || thousand million or milliard
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| trillion || billion || 10<sup>12</sup> = 1,000,000,000
| trillion || 10<sup>12</sup> = 1,000,000,000,000 || billion
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| quadrillion || thousand billion or (very rarely) billiard || 10<sup>15</sup> = 1,000,000,000,000
| quadrillion || 10<sup>15</sup> = 1,000,000,000,000,000 || thousand billion or (very rarely) billiard
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| quintillion || trillion || 10<sup>18</sup> = 1,000,000,000,000,000
| quintillion || 10<sup>18</sup> = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 || trillion
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