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57. how many billion in a trillion

Thu Jun 28, 2012, 12:22 PM

Jun 2012

For my own edification:

"In the USA a . . . a trillion is a thousand times a billion.

"In Great Briton a . . . trillion is a million times a billion."

From http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/QQ/database/QQ.02.06/bill2.html

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