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Teacher’sNote:

MostEnglish-speakingcountrieshaveadoptedthe“short-scale”systemofnumeric

namesdescribedinthisbook.However,manyothercountriesaroundtheworldBigNumbersAreUseful

usethe“long-scale”systeminwhichonebillion=1,000,000,000,000andone

trillion=1,000,000,000,000,000,000.

Peoplewhoworkinscience,

business,andgovernmentoften

usebignumbersintheirwork.