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Well they're french, so M stands for Mille (one thousand). MM is just a thousand squared, and MMM is a thousand qubed. Once you understand this system you migh
by ahakki 8y ago
Well they're french, so M stands for Mille (one thousand). MM is just a thousand squared, and MMM is a thousand qubed.
Once you understand this system you might also understand why the long system makes more sense.
1000 = Mille M
1000 000 = Million MM
1000 000 000 = Milliard MM M
1000 000 000 000 = Billion MM MM
1000 000 000 000 000 = Billiard MM MM M
in the short system the billion (nine zeros) has nothing to do with two. while in the long system it represents double as many zeros as the million. a trillion has three times the Zeros. -ard suffix? add 3 zeros
- ubernostrum 8y agoAs someone who used to speak decent French, you will never convince me that the language is rational with respect to numbers. The sometimes-decimal/sometimes-vigesimal thing still makes my head spin all these years later when I hear numbers being spoken in French.