The script for this programme. Jennifer: Hello, and welcome to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English. I'm Jennifer, and with me in the studio today is Rob. Rob: Hi there! Jennifer: In this programme, we teach you about English words or phrases that you might find a little confusing.
There are six zeros â1,000,000â in one million. Now for billion and trillion, the definitions are different in America, and Britain. In America one billion has nine zeros â1,000,000,000â, and one trillion has twelve zeroes â1,000,000,000,000â.
In the US and for most uses in the UK, the number of zeros is 18 (eighteen). 1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 The name for a billion billion is â¦ a quintillion, 1 x 1018. (Under the long scale traditionally used, a billion was a million million, which is a trillion on the short scale.