How many zeroes in a billion?
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
Nan 1 billion / 0 = NaN
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Our government has also reported figures in terms of "billions", and then been unable to clarify which definition they were using. :doh: :laugh:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
that's not a zero, it's a lowercase 'O'
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
Browsing through the answers I still think 9 is the best solution. Just a couple of Why: 1 - jives with scientific incrementation of values: every three orders of magnitude. 2 - much easier to say "billion" vs "thousand million", for example This isn't about taking sides for national pride - it's about very consistent usage across multiple domains of information. I live in a Fahrenheit country but water boils at 100C to me (for example). If you like these other forms, then why not remain consistent and write 1000,000000 instead of 1,000,000,000 (commas or dots as you prefer) ? There are always alternatives and fans for them, nationalistic and otherwise, but the three-per-block is more sensible.
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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It depends. The British billion is a million millions, so there are 12 zeroes. The American billion is a thousand millions, so there are 9 zeroes. These days, the American billion is more commonly used than the British billion.
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
Hex: 3B9ACA00 DEC: 1000000000 OCT: 7346545000 BIN: 00111011100110101100101000000000
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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No kilomillion? The simple answer has been hanging around right under their noses this whole time.
Using SI units: Giga for 1,000,000,000 (9 zeros) and Tera for 1,000,000,000,000 (12 zeros)
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A billion of what?
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. ― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
A billion of zeroes, of course ;P
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
