What kind of billion do you mean

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Got large-number-loving kids? Help them name numbers transcontinentally. As shown in the chart, Europe and the U.S. have different meanings for the words "billion," "trillion," and other large-number names. For example:

In the U.S., a billion is this number:


1,000,000,000.

In Europe, a billion is this number:


1,000,000,000,000, which in the U.S. is called a trillion.

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