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re: is 55 thousand million a real number?
Posted on 11/20/15 at 9:18 am to zmanthetigerfan
Posted on 11/20/15 at 9:18 am to zmanthetigerfan
Being in a finance profession, I hear this sort of phrasing often. It's dumb, I'll warrant, but not uncommon.
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Posted on 11/20/15 at 9:20 am to Pectus
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It's still hard to think where the 55,000 goes in relation to the millions place.
you're thinking too much. just add the 0's
55,000 x 1,000,000
that's nine 0's. 55,000,000,000 = 55+nine 0's. 55 billion.
Posted on 11/20/15 at 9:24 am to zmanthetigerfan
I got a million trillion things I'd rather fricking do...
than deal with the ignorance behind "55 thousand million"...
That's just ignorant... I bet the assholes who say 55B like this also use numbers like "eleventy" and "thirtyteen"
than deal with the ignorance behind "55 thousand million"...
That's just ignorant... I bet the assholes who say 55B like this also use numbers like "eleventy" and "thirtyteen"
Posted on 11/20/15 at 9:25 am to zmanthetigerfan
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The person claims certain economists and chemists say numbers this way
We deal with very large and very small numbers on a daily basis (pico, nano, micro, kilo, etc.) so let me assure you chemists aren't retarded
Posted on 11/20/15 at 9:27 am to zmanthetigerfan
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55 thousand million
It is understandable what this means, but it is not the correct way to say it. The correct way would be 55 billion.
Posted on 11/20/15 at 9:42 am to LucasP
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There's no such thing as "real numbers", they are an abstract idea that humans created.
the only real true unit of measurement on this planet is time.
Posted on 11/20/15 at 9:45 am to Dandy Lion
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EVERYBODY except the US and some other English speaking countries.
You'll see a variation of this in charts/budgets where the title will be:
TOTAL SPENDING FOR FY15 (in millions):
$55,000
Posted on 11/20/15 at 10:17 am to TDsngumbo
Yeah you need to work on you're grammar skills buddy. Sorry.
Posted on 11/20/15 at 10:33 am to Pectus
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It's still hard to think where the 55,000 goes in relation to the millions place.
Not really, it's basic place value that should have been mastered before upper elementary. A billion is one thousand million...then multiplied by 55 in this case.
I weep for this country.
Posted on 11/20/15 at 10:35 am to Pectus
At 1 Euro = 1.7 US dollars exchange rate
1 billion pennies, or $10 million
= $17 million american
You're losing out on A LOT of money there.
Right?
A European billion is one million million
An American billion is one thousand million (millardo)
I´ll take the pennies
1 billion pennies, or $10 million
= $17 million american
You're losing out on A LOT of money there.
Right?
A European billion is one million million
An American billion is one thousand million (millardo)
I´ll take the pennies
This post was edited on 11/20/15 at 10:36 am
Posted on 11/20/15 at 10:45 am to Pectus
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Guys, 55 thousand million is 55 billion. Double fail.
It's still hard to think where the 55,000 goes in relation to the millions place.
It took me three times to get it.
The 000 in the 55,000 goes in the millions place and not the billions place.
WTF are millions and billions places? Here's how to think about it. Multiply thousand (10^3) by million (10^6) and you have billion (10^9). Thus 55 billion. Simple.
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