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When did a Trillion shrink?

Asked by majorrich (14741points) March 2nd, 2013

When I was a kid, a million was a thousand thousand’s, and a million was million millions. A trillion was a billion billions. But here, I find it’s only a thousand billions. Did a trillion go swimming in cold water? There seems to be a problem with the math, or am I remembering wrong?

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