Indian and International Number System
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Indian and International Number System
The main difference between the Indian number system and International number system is the placement of the separators or comas. In international numbering system, millions are written after thousands while in Indian system, lakhs are written after thousands. Indian system is followed in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is still called as Indian number system owing to it Union (Indian sub-continent) during the British rule.
Million and Billion are international units of number system. This system is based on ten to the power three (103). It has a three digit split in the numbers. This system is commonly used in western countries.
| Indian System | International System | Figures | Power Notation |
| Unit | Unit | 1 | 10 0 |
| Ten | Ten | 10 | 10 1 |
| Hundred | Hundred | 100 | 10 2 |
| Thousand | Thousand | 1000 | 10 3 |
| Ten Thousand | Ten Thousand | 10,000 | 10 4 |
| Lakh | Hundred Thousand | 100,000 | 10 5 |
| Ten Lakh | Million | 1000,000 | 10 6 |
| Cror | Ten Million | 10,000,000 | 10 7 |
| Ten Cror | Hundred Million | 100,000,000 | 10 8 |
| Arab | Billion | 1000,000,000 | 10 9 |
| Ten Arab | Ten Billion | 10,000,000,000 | 10 10 |
| Kharab | Hundred Billion | 100,000,000,000 | 10 11 |
| Ten Kharab | Trillion | 1000,000,000,000 | 10 12 |
| Neel | Ten Trillion | 10,000,000,000,000 | 10 13 |
| Ten Neel | Hundred Trillion | 100,000,000,000,000 | 10 14 |
| Padma | Quadrillion | 1000,000,000,000,000 | 10 15 |
| Ten Padma | Ten Quadrillion | 10,000,000,000,000,000 | 10 16 |
| Shankh | Hundred Quadrillion | 100,000,000,000,000,000 | 10 17 |
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