Yu★Yu★Hakusho - Vol. 6 Ch. 47
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Yes, number can work this way. While most countries typically increment by 1,000s, that was not the original intention. Originally 1 billion should have read as: 1,000,000,000,000, or 1 million million. So we could have had a number like 999 thousand million and still not be into the billions yet, this method is still in active use in some countries, so depending on the translator, this could be a completely legitimate number.
Overall, I prefer the 1,000 increment as it makes it easier for the lay person to make mental calculations. The kid in me still like the idea of having numbers like 19,856 million billion trillion dollars: $19,856,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. Instead of something relatively boring but far more sensible like 19.856 nonillion dollars.
I now await someone to notice the inevitably incorrect exponent and correct my numbers appropriately
Overall, I prefer the 1,000 increment as it makes it easier for the lay person to make mental calculations. The kid in me still like the idea of having numbers like 19,856 million billion trillion dollars: $19,856,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. Instead of something relatively boring but far more sensible like 19.856 nonillion dollars.
I now await someone to notice the inevitably incorrect exponent and correct my numbers appropriately
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