Re: billions across the world in english
by "Comharsa" <comharsa(at)clara.net>
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> I thought that 1000 hundreds, was a hundred thousand thus
> a million is surely a thousand thousands!
> Throughout Europe a billion is recognised as a million millions as far as
I
> know.
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> Ben Bradley
> MSc CSciMM BA GArch DipLib
Not in the UK - when they talk about billions on the news, in newspapers, in
government etc. they are talking about a thousand million.
Brian (B.Ed (Hons) - maths teacher)
comharsa(at)clara.net
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