How many 00s in a billion?

Question

http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/19/richest-americans-forbes-lists-richlist07-cx_mm_0920rich_land.html

Answer 1

in the UK - 12

US - 9

Answer 2

I was always told a billion was a million million, therefore 12 zero's.

Answer 3

1,000,000,000

Answer 4

9

(many, many bones!!!!).

Answer 5

American 9, english 12.

Answer 6

9 zeros

Answer 7

12 in a UK billion   1,000,000,000,000 1million million

Answer 8

There is 9. In the U.K. The definition of a Billion was supposed to be a million million being 12 as in 1,000,000,000,000.

But now it has been universally accepted within the banking world that a billion has 9

Answer 9

Nine (9)

example: 1,000,000,000 (1 Billion)

Answer 10

Today everywhere for English speakers:

One thousand million makes a billion = 1,000,000,000

One million million makes a trillion = 1,000,000,000,000

But a few decades ago as well as the American billion there was the English billion which is the same as the trillion used today. It was another casualty of globalisation... In the 1970s and early 1980s you had to ask "Do you mean American billion or English billion?" every time anyone used the word "billion".

Answer 11

Nine for an American Billion= 1,000,000,000

Twelve for a Brithish Billion!=1,000,000,000,000

Answer 12

well since 1 million has 6 0's i guess it would be 9 zeros....100 000 000 0

Answer 13

A american billion is 1000 million whereas a british billion is a million millions.

Answer 14

Traditionally in Europe (especially in France and the UK), a billion was one million squared (i.e. one million million - or one million multiplied by one million - 1,000,000 x 1,000,000). Thus, a billion in such circumstances would have twelve zeros (1,000,000,000,000).

In modern times however, a billion is a thousand million (i.e. one million multiplied by one thousand - 1,000,000 x 1,000) and thus in these modern times for most people, financial institutions and countries, a billion has only nine zeros (1,000,000,000).