A billion is a really big number. It’s ten thousand million, which means it has a million zeros after it. So how many zeros does a billion have in South Africa?
1 billion = 109 = 10,000,000,000
A billion is a 1 followed by 9 zeros. That’s very large! A billion is 1000 million (1 x 100 + 0 x 10). It’s also called a thousand million because that’s how many zeros it has in its name.
A billion in South Africa has 9 zeros.
A billion is a thousand million. It’s a number with nine zeros, which is written as 1 followed by 9 zeros. So you can think of it like this:
- The first zero is the one at the beginning of your number (the largest)
- The second zero is the next one to come after it in order (the smallest)
Conclusion
You can see that it’s very important to learn the number of zeros, not only for numbers with nine or fewer but also for any other number you might come across. It may seem like a bit of trivia, but it could be useful in your everyday life!
