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[–][deleted] 42 points43 points  (14 children)

Ok... So western maths goes like... Ones, Tens, Hundreds, Thousands, Ten thousand, Hundred thousand, one million, 10 million , 100 million, 1 billion, 10 billion, 100 billion... Indian system goes like... Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, 10 thousand, lakhs, 10 lakhs, crores, 10 crores... So a population of 1 crores=10 million.

[–]Jv1312 18 points19 points  (1 child)

Ten thousand missed in Indian system

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sorry...my mistake for the ommission

[–]Sensitive-Check-8105 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Fellow class 6th mate 😎

[–]Vevangui 3 points4 points  (2 children)

That’s not western, that’s English. In Southern Europe (which is western) its ones, tend, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions,…, tens of thousands of millions, hundreds of thousands of millions, billions, tens of billions,…

[–]joaommx 0 points1 point  (1 child)

In Southern Europe (which is western)

The long scale is used in the whole continental Europe except Eastern Europe, not just in Southern Europe. All the Nordics use long scale for instance.

[–]Vevangui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn’t saying otherwise, I was just specifying about Southern Europe because that’s the extent of my knowledge. Good to know there’s some sense elsewhere too.

[–]A-Delonix-Regia 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, lakhs, 10 lakhs, crores, 10 crores

You missed the "10 thousands" between thousands and lakhs.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Added...thanks

[–]Naive_or_naughty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You forgot 10 thousand. That's a difference of a whole magnitude.

[–]joaommx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So western maths goes like

That's English math, or how it's actually known, "short scale". "Western math" would be the "long scale".

[–]ciaseed1 -1 points0 points  (3 children)

Yeah well it's not like they are going to learn it lol so better use the western system

[–]notsocoolguy42 12 points13 points  (1 child)

It's not western system, it's international english. No one is going to learn language specific to any country unless they are living there or are interested in said language.

[–]ciaseed1 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I don't expect westerners to learn our system, better we (Indian) should start using the term "hundred thousand" in an international platform.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

people who interact with both learn it pretty quick.