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re: Recently I've noticed a lot of people putting the dollar sign after the number
Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:08 pm to White Roach
Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:08 pm to White Roach
quote:Glad you're willing to admit it, because you are absolutely wrong here.
M = 1,000 in Roman Numerals. I always thought MM represented one thousand thousands (1,000,000).
On the other hand, I am willing to admit that there is a possibility, however remote, that I'm completely wrong about all of this!
In Roman numerals, MM is 2,000. Just like XX is 20 and not 100. It's additive, not multiplicative.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:32 pm to Korkstand
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In Roman numerals, MM is 2,000
Sure, but that is not the use these days at all.
MMBtu is always 1,000,000 Btu. And mscf is 1,000 standard cubic feet. I think it's a natural gas industry thing. But aside from that I see K for thousand (kilo) more than M which can be thousand or million depending on context. And never KK for million or KKK for billion (except in Alabama).
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