UK billion used to be what is called a "trillion" in the U.S - 1012 (a 1, followed by 12 zeroes). However, now they officially use the "short scale", that is, a billion is now officially 109, just as in the United States.
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A billion is a one with nine zeros, and a trillion is a one with 12 zeros. Yes, trillion is bigger.
1,500,000,000 in the US short form; 1,500,000,000,000, in the UK long form.
A trillion is bigger than a billion. It takes 1,000 billions to equal 1 trillion.
A billion is a thousand times more than a million. One billion= 1,000,000,000 One million= 1,000,000
Oh, dude, half a billion is like 500 million. It's basically a whole lot of cash, enough to make Scrooge McDuck jealous. So, if you ever find half a billion lying around, feel free to slide some my way!