Talk:Billion
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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 | thousand million | 109 = 1,000,000,000 |
| trillion | billion | 109 = 1,000,000,000 |
| quadrillion | thousand billion | 109 = 1,000,000,000 |
| quintillion | ? | 109 = 1,000,000,000 |