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the Billion vs the Billion

the title of this debate can be confusing but I have good reason to.

I recently read a book on mathematics and found out there are two different results for the number 1billion. the 2 defintions are this:

English billion 1,000,000,000,000

American billion 1,000,000,000

the American version is more commonly used now since the English use the word "milliard" to describe 1 followed by 9 zeros and apparently "billion soundes better than "milliard"

English billion

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American billion

Side Score: 7
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I'd rather have a billion dollars in this form..............................

Side: English billion

This debate has no merit on a debate because

there are different standards of dictionary numbers that being Short scale

(the apparent American Billion or aka Modern Scale) or Long Scale (The British Scale aka Continental Europe and Archaic British) Numbers

Or Please see MIced response for details.

Side: American billion
1 point

I've never heard of 1,000,000,000,000 be called a billion.

1,000,000=1 million

1,000,000,000=1 billion

1,000,000,000,000=1 trillion

It could be because I've lived in America my whole life.

Side: American billion
MKIced(2511) Banned
1 point

It makes sense since the sequence of numbers goes BIllion, TRIllion, QUADrillion, etc. Although, following this format, I guess "million" should instead be called "unillion" or just "illion". hehe

Side: American billion
Axmeister(4322) Disputed
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the english one makes more sense because the bi- in billion stand for 2 and the billion in english form had twice as many zeros as the million

Side: English billion
MKIced(2511) Disputed Banned
1 point

Are you serious about downvoting because of that? First off, it makes more sense the American way as I had already explained. Second off, it's not even a big deal because when it comes down to it, your choice will probably be based on where you live. It's just a cultural thing, like feet instead of meters or Celsius instead of Fahrenheit.

Side: American billion
downvote(53) Disputed Banned
1 point

Why would you ban this nice fellow? This isn't a serious debate and he isn't causing trouble.... That's just wrong.

Side: American billion