Saturday, July 19, 2008

How many zeros in a billion?


Well how big is a billion anyway?


A.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

Whoa! That's big!
So how many zeros would that be?

In the US the progression is:
Hundred ---- 100
Thousand ---1,000
Million ------ 1,000,000
Billion ------- 1,000,000,000
Trillion ------ 1,000,000,000,000
Quadrillion - 1,000,000,000,000,000

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