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Billion - Billón
I have found that (contrary to the idea of mathematics as a universal language) there is a number in Spanish that is not the same in English:
Un billón = Un millón de millones (One million millions = 1 000 000 000 000) One billion = Mil millones (One thousand millions = 1 000 000 000) In Spanish, "un trillón" = "un millón de millones de millones" = 1 000 000 000 000 000 What is a trillion in English?
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I always understood a billion (UK) to be a million million, but in the US I think it's a thousand million A trillion in the UK has 18 zeros - so 1.000.000.000.000.000.000 or a billion million in the US I think it has just 12 zeros - so 1.000.000.000.000, so in UK terms a billion! |
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A billion is always 10^9 in the US, and often 10^9 in the UK nowadays; however, in older British sources and the usage of some Brits today it's still 10^12.
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million - 6 ceros
billion - 9 ceros trillion - 12 ceros Así es en los EEUU
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