On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > Most of you probably know this, but for those who don't:
> >
> > BI = 2 ==> Billion: 10^12 (10^6*2)
> > TRI = 3 ==> Trillion: 10^18 (10^6*3)
>
> In the US,
>
> MONO = 1 ==> Million = 10^6 (10^3 * 10^(3*1))
> BI = 2 ==> Billion = 10^9 (10^3 * 10^(3*2))
> TRI = 3 ==> Trillion = 10^12 (10^3 * 10^(3*3))
> QUAD = 4 ==> Quadrillion = 10^15 (10^3 * 10^(3*4))
And as I said :) We use this system in the UK... unofficially.
Cheers.
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