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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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What is a british billion equal to?
109, the same as the American billion.
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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
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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
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 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.
Is 8.5 billion the same as 50 billion?
No - the difference between the two is 41.5 billion.
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.
What is 1 percent of a trillion?
10 billion, in the American nubmer system.10,000 billion in the British system.
What is the difference between 1 million and 1 billion?
there are 1000 millions in a billion
