[DOC] [TLE] What happened to the British billion? When did 100,000,000 ... [PAR] The American billion is one thousand million: 1,000,000,000. ... a thousand 
millions (1,000,000,000, or 10 to the ninth, what some British call a milliard, ..... I 
say we British should revert back to our own old ideals and keep 12 zeros in a 
billion... [DOC] [TLE] Names for Large Numbers [PAR] Thus billion and trillion are coined from the Latin prefixes bi- (n = 2) and tri- (n ... 
to represent 1012 and 1018, respectively, thus establishing what we now think of 
... (The traditional names thousand and million are retained for n = 1 and 2 and 
the .... Finally, there is the googol, the number 10100 (1 followed by 100 zeroes). [DOC] [TLE] Names of large numbers - Wikipedia [PAR] This article lists and discusses the usage and derivation of names of large 
numbers, together .... Some names of large numbers, such as million, billion, and 
trillion, have real .... that a googolplex should be 1, followed by writing zeros until 
you got tired. ... It is almost never seen in American usage, rarely in British usage, 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Number Notation - Math.com [PAR] We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features 
and to ... The places are grouped by thousands in America and France, by the 
millions in Great Britain and Germany. ... billion, 1,000,000,000 (a thousand 
millions), 1,000,000,000,000 (a million millions). trillion, 1 with 12 zeros, 1 with 18 
zeros. [DOC] [TLE] How Many Zeros Are in a Million, Billion, and Trillion - Mathematics [PAR] Aug 6, 2016 ... Numbers of Zeros in a Million, Billion, Trillion and More ... to this definition of a 
billion, the number is written with a 1 followed by 12 zeros. [DOC] [TLE] Millions and Billions - The L-Curve [PAR] The smallest marks on a meter stick are 1 mm apart. There are ... *In long-
standing British usage the word Billion is taken to mean a million millions (1 
followed by 12 zeros). A British reader of this site informs me, however, that this is 
no longer the case. What Americans call a billion is 1000 millions (1 followed by 
9 zeros). [DOC] [TLE] Number of zeros in 1 billion - why different in UK than N.America ... [PAR] This is correct: in the UK, a billion = 1 million million, hence 12 zeros. Why? ... 
Interestingly, we seem to be moving towards the thousand million definition. ... Is 
there a name for it, or would they call 3 billion "3 thousand million". [DOC] [TLE] Is trillion the new billion? - BBC News [PAR] Oct 28, 2011 ... The eurozone's bailout fund now stands at one trillion euros (880bn or $1.4tn). 
... In 1974, Harold Wilson pledged that the British government would adopt the ... 
"The answer I think is what we mean is 1,000 billion, which has 12 noughts. ... 
Trillion - 1 + 12 zeros; Quadrillion - 1 + 15 zeros; Quintillion - 1 + 18... [DOC] [TLE] You Can Count On The Powers That Be - tribunedigital-sunsentinel [PAR] Aug 9, 1987 ... The cardinal number represented by 1 followed by 12 zeros. Called in British 
usage ``billion.`` So the British call a trillion a billion. What do they... [DOC] [TLE] In mathematics, how many zeros does a million and a billion have ... [PAR] On the "long scale," one billion is 1 million million, or 1 and 12 zeroes (
1,000,000,000,000). ... The UK switched to the short scale in 1970/71. On the "
short ... Hence a million is 10^6 (i.e. 1 followed by six zeroes) and a billion is 10^
9 (1 followed by 9 zeroes). In SI units .... Who and what would you call a coward? 
Jeremy M. [DOC] [TLE] How high can you count? - isthe.com [PAR] 1000000000000 (1012), one trillion, one billion,

Question: What the British call a billion, a 1 followed by 12 zeros, we call this
Answer: trillion