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In Great Britain one billion dollars is one million million dollars. In the United States of America one billion dollars is one thousand million dollars.
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How much is a billion?
1.000.000.000 or one thousand million. This is the American billion. The British billion is one million million or 1.000.000.000.000.
How much would 5 billion in 1919 cost today?
In pounds (British) it would be about £175bn (the English or American billion issue doesn't arise as they cancel out)
How much money will it cost to rebuild Haiti?
14 billion british pounds pounds (ruthly)
What effect has NAFTA had on the value of trade between the US and Mexico?
Some results include a jump in trade between the United States and Mexico from $81.4 billion in 1993 (pre-NAFTA) up to $534.4 billion in 2014 and a steady increase of foreign direct investment into Mexico, from $4.3 billion in 1993 up to $42.1 billion by 2014.
How much money would it take to end world hunger if every American donated?
Seeing as it would take between 30 and 40 billion dollars each year to provide and maintain the necessary agricultural plantations, between thirty and forty dollars each year.
What is a british billion equal to?
109, the same as the American billion.
What is the new meaning of the British English word billion?
A British billion is equal to an American billion in modern use.(Formerly, a British billion used to be equal to a US Trillion)
Is an American billion equal to a british billion?
it is now....due to American bullying 1 british billion was 1,000,000,000,000 (a bi-million...or million to the power 2) the American billion was 1,000,000,000 and the Americans got their way and everyone now has to conform
What is the difference between billion and trillion?
In the more widely-used American numbering system, a billion is equal to one thousand million (1,000,000,000) while a trillion is equal to one million million (1,000,000,000), a difference of 999,000,000,000. In the British and Commonwealth system, a billion is equal to one million million (1,000,000,000,000) while a trillion is equal to one million million million (1,000,000,000,000,000,000), a difference of 999,999,000,000,000,000.
How much is bill gates worth in pounds?
He is worth about 4.4 billion pounds because an American billion is less than a British billion. An American billion is 1000 million pounds whilst a British billion is a million million pounds
What is 2.2 billion?
If you're British... 2.2 Billion = 2,200,000,000,000 If you're American... 2.2 Billion = 2,200,000,000
What is 1 million million?
one British billion, or one thousand American billion
How many million are there in billion?
It depends upon whether you use British or American reckoning- a US billion is a thousand million, a British billion is a million million.
What was the difference between an American million and an English million?
There is no difference between the long scale million and a short scale million. There is a difference between the billion in these two scales. The American use the short scale so 1 billion to them is 1,000,000,000 or 10^9. We used to use the long scale so 1 billion is 1,000,000,000,000 or 10^12. It should be noted that for simplicity reasons especially with currency the UK have switched to the short scale system as well.
Is 8.5 billion the same as 50 billion?
No - the difference between the two is 41.5 billion.
What is 1 percent of a trillion?
10 billion, in the American nubmer system.10,000 billion in the British system.
Half of a billion?
Half of an American billion is 500,000,000 (500 million). Half of a British billion is 500,000,000,000 (500 thousand million).
