You can all cheer now

[stuffradio]

Speaking of checks... give me a check(cheque) with 50 billion dollars written on it Justin!

 

[notnamed]

Glad you decided to stay on Jan, welcome back.

 

[Paul]

Speaking of checks... give me a check(cheque) with 50 billion dollars written on it Justin!

How many 0's does *your* billion have?, it changes between countries

 

[foo2thabar]

How many 0's does billion have?, it changes between countries

Since when is billion different between countries?

And it's 9.

 

[Paul]

http://www.jimloy.com/math/billion.htm

 

[Cam.]

Hey guys, after a lot of thought and internal discussions, I have decided to stay on

YAY!!! Welcome back Jan!!! :fangel:

 

[themoose]

Since when is billion different between countries?

And it's 9.

1 billion in USA = 1,000 Million
1 billion in UK (at least) = 1 Million Million.

 

[stuffradio]

billion in USA = 1,000 Million
1 billion in UK (at least) = 1 Million Million

What the crack are you on? :lol:

USA 1 Billion = 1,000,000,000

 

[foo2thabar]

http://www.jimloy.com/math/billion.htm

:eek3: I stand corrected. And now that I think about it .... I think in Japanese, million is 100 10,000s. 'hyaku man' (no Japanese input on this computer, so no kanji pour toi) *runs to grab textbook to check*

 

[themoose]

What the crack are you on? :lol:

USA 1 Billion = 1,000,000,000

No? What'd you know, you're Canadian.

 

[stuffradio]

Whoops!

USA 1 Billion = 1,000,000,000,000

I see where the million million thing came from.*looked at wikipedia*

 

[Paul]

The world is so twisted

 

[TSO]

Hey guys, after a lot of thought and internal discussions, I have decided to stay on

Knew you would.

 

[Blank Verse]

And I thought I was bad at math.

 

[Jan]

Maths lessons to be continued - at school. :devious2:

Thanks for all your support guys (on the main topic of the thread ).