1000000000 = 109. The power is equal to the number of 0s after the 1.
quadrillion
a billion has nine zeros.
you have 9 zeroes. 1,000,000,000 so that number is 1 BILLION
Divide your number with one million and you will receive the answer: 1000000000/1000000 = 1000. There are one thousand millions in a billion.