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
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
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