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mikeswife06
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15 thousand billion
Is this a number? They used it on CNBC and I am having such a brain fart I can't figure out why this is so wrong.
What is 15,000 X 1,000,000,000=
15,000,000,000,000
15 trillion
I am a teacher, this is sad 
ETA: I googles it and came up with this
There's some disagreement in the English language about how to name large numbers. There are two systems, the American and the English:
American: Number Notation
Thousand 1,000
Million 1,000,000
Billion 1,000,000,000
Trillion 1,000,000,000,000
Quadrillion 1,000,000,000,000,000
Quintillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
English:
Thousand 1,000
Million 1,000,000
Thousand Million 1,000,000,000
Billion 1,000,000,000,000
Thousand Billion 1,000,000,000,000,000
Trillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
Message edited 9/27/2007 5:36:03 PM.
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Re: 15 thousand billion
That doesn't sound right to me. And I'm a former teacher- . Shouldn't the lower denomination come after the larger?
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Re: 15 thousand billion
Message edited 11/11/2011 7:40:24 PM.
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| Posted 9/27/07 5:28 PM |
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Re: 15 thousand billion
According to wikipedia, 15,000,000,000,000 is 15 million million
aka 15 trillion
Message edited 9/27/2007 5:33:45 PM.
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| Posted 9/27/07 5:30 PM |
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mikeswife06
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Re: 15 thousand billion
CHECK THIS OUT!!!
Number names
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| Posted 9/27/07 5:33 PM |
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mikeswife06
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Re: 15 thousand billion
Posted by imthecindyofcindyandkevin
According to wikipedia, 15,000,000,000,000 is one million million
Wikipedia is wrong
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| Posted 9/27/07 5:33 PM |
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Re: 15 thousand billion
I wasn't clear, according to wikipedia 15,000,000,000,000 is 15 million million or 15 trillion. NOT 15 thousand billion.
Message edited 9/27/2007 5:52:39 PM.
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Phyl
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Re: 15 thousand billion
I'm a Kabillionaire 
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| Posted 9/27/07 5:38 PM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: 15 thousand billion
My favorite TV show:
"Who Wants to Be an Eleventybillionaire!!!"
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| Posted 9/27/07 5:45 PM |
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itkocak
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Re: 15 thousand billion
Message edited 11/11/2011 7:40:49 PM.
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| Posted 9/27/07 5:47 PM |
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Re: 15 thousand billion
I could just see Pippin!!!!!
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| Posted 9/27/07 5:50 PM |
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Emily
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Re: 15 thousand billion
If they were speaking about a financial issue than it is correct. Economics and accounting do not recognize do not recognize billions, trillions, etc...
Those are Americanized words and not understood throughout the world. My economics teacher taught me that this summer.
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| Posted 9/27/07 6:31 PM |
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MissJones
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Re: 15 thousand billion
well, if you think about place value, we have hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundreded thousands, millions, ten millions, hundred millions, billions, ten billions, hundred billions, and so forth.
so we would say the number, the place value in terms of hundreds or tens and then the overall place value in terms of millions, billions or trillions, so...
15 thousand trillion doesn't sound right but maybe they don't know what comes after trillions, but wouldn't it be 150 quadrillion?
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| Posted 9/27/07 7:38 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: 15 thousand billion
A WHOLE LOT......
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| Posted 9/27/07 9:04 PM |
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Re: 15 thousand billion
It sounds like something a 5 year old would say....
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| Posted 9/27/07 9:07 PM |
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LightUpOurLife
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Re: 15 thousand billion
Posted by Emily
If they were speaking about a financial issue than it is correct. Economics and accounting do not recognize do not recognize billions, trillions, etc...
Those are Americanized words and not understood throughout the world. My economics teacher taught me that this summer.
That is interesting!! Thanks for clearing it up!
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| Posted 9/27/07 9:17 PM |
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Re: 15 thousand billion
Posted by joenick
That doesn't sound right to me. And I'm a former teacher- . Shouldn't the lower denomination come after the larger?
No - think ten thousand, hundred thousand. The lower denomination comes first. 
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