

We avoid confusion between the two by using the International System of Units (SI), which uses a metric prefix, but this is used in engineering and scientific applications. The majority of English speaking countries (America, UK, Australia), Arabic speaking countries, Brazil and other countries use the short scale. The countries that use long scale are Continental Europe, majority of French speaking countries (former French colonies like Morocco, Algeria), German-speaking countries, Spanish speaking countries (most of South America) and many other countries. Who uses these scale and how do we avoid confusion? When we increase the number by a group of three zeros, it jumps straight from one million to one billion. There is bill- ion and mill- ard.Ī mill ard is the interval between a million and billion in long scale, but there is no interval in the short scale. The main difference between the large numbers in the ending of the word. Trillion Billion 0.001 For calculation, here's how to convert 100 Billion to Trillion using the formula above - 100 Billion (100 0.001) 0. This is all getting confusing, and it would have been easier if everyone used the same numerical system. One Billion is equal to 0.001 Trillion, so use this simple formula to convert - The value in Trillion is equal to the value of Billion multiplied by 0.001. For example, a billion in short scale is 1,000,000,000 with 9 zeros, but this is called a millard in long scale, which is often called a thousand million.Ī billion in long scale is 1,000,000,000,000 with 12 zeros. There are different naming conventions across the world with numbers across the world.

When we speak of short scale and long scale, we don’t mean musical instruments in this article.
