Why isn’t the numbers system the same in US and Europe? 450 viewsJanuary 3, 2024 Question90.40K July 21, 2021 0 Comments Europe (mentioned on the left side) = US (mentioned on the right side) Million = Million But then Europe has “milliard”, which the US doesn’t. So it continues: Milliard = Billion Billion = Trillion Why and how did this difference occur? In: Mathematics 3 Answers ActiveNewestOldest Anonymous Posted July 21, 2021 0 Comments There are two ways to do big numbers: Long scale and short scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scale See this table for comparison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scale#Comparison Anonymous Posted July 21, 2021 0 Comments Milliard uses to mean Billion in English, but it changed over time as language does, so in England, Billion = Milliard but in US Billion = Trillion Anonymous Posted July 21, 2021 0 Comments Isn’t that the French way of saying it, not the European way? Milliard essentially means one thousand millions, which is equal to a billion. Register or Login
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