Millions and billions.

[savraj_uk]

How many millions in one billion?

[pinus]

There's a difference between the American billion and the UK billion A UK billion is a million time a million, or 1,000,000,000,000 A US billion is a thousand million, or 1,000,000,000 In financial and other statistics the US billion is used, and the UK billion is left to be the subject of quiz questions

[El21]

Not enough!!

[El21]

Sarcastic answer...sorry!

[Bob Carter]

If only things were that straightforward. For many years everyone accepted the difference between a US and a UK billion. But in the late '80s the US usage was adopted by more and more British bodies and the BBC style book now defines a billion as a thousand million.

[Brugel]

Bob Carter is right-and it's a pity we've allowed this to happen in our country with not even the slightest complaint. What makes it worse is that they've started calling the old billion a trillion-which doesn't even make sense since "tri", of course, means three.