New Naming Convention For Large Numbers
While maintaining the original system of the French mathematician Nicolas Chuquet (1484) for the names of large numbers, Jacques Pelletier promoted milliard for 1012 which had been used earlier by Budaeus. In the late 17th century, milliard was subsequently reduced to 109. This convention is used widely in long scale countries.
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| 10 0 | million 0 |
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| 10 3 | Million 0.5 |
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| 10 6 | Million 1 |
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| 10 9 | Million 1.5 |
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| 10 12 | Million 2 |
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| 10 15 | Million 2.5 |
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| 10 18 | Million 3 |
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| 10 21 | Million 3.5 |
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| 10 24 | Million 4 |
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