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    how many zeros in a trillion

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    In the US, UK and most English speaking countries it's 12 zeros. (used in so-called "short scale" countries)

    In most of South America countries it's 18 zeros. ("long scale" countries)

    You can read more here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales


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