A website which does exactly what it says on the tin. Found while trying to answer the question “What is a Trillion?”
Personally, I’ve always believed that to an American, it is one thousand (American) billion, which is one British billion (or one million million) or 1 followed by 9 zeros, whereas in the UK, it is one (UK) billion x one (UK) billion (1 followed by 24 zeros).
However, most of the internet would have it that one UK billion is in fact 1 followed by 18 zeros.
And Oxford University blame both systems on the French and say that the British / American parts are just labels!
We were confused before and this hasn’t helped.
Does anyone else want to add anything?
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