We were going to write "one billion" above instead of $1,000bn, until we remembered that a billion means different things different places.
In the U.S., one billion is 1,000,000,000, and a trillion is 1,000,000,000,000. So one trillion is one thousand times one billion. In the British system, one billion is 1,000,000,000,000 and one trillion is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000, so one trillion is one million times one billion.
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Submitted on October 27th, 2006 by Dallas KachanWe were going to write "one billion" above instead of $1,000bn, until we remembered that a billion means different things different places.
In the U.S., one billion is 1,000,000,000, and a trillion is 1,000,000,000,000. So one trillion is one thousand times one billion. In the British system, one billion is 1,000,000,000,000 and one trillion is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000, so one trillion is one million times one billion.
Either way, that's a lotta Halloween candy.