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Aaron Brock
PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2006 3:12 pm    Author: Aaron Brock    Post subject: India Deal or no deal LOL

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their top prize is Rs. 1,00,00,000 and thats how it's written!
sounds like 10,000,000 doesn't it?
its worth over £117,000 :-D

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MisterAl
PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2006 3:30 pm    Author: MisterAl    Post subject:
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Yep. India and other South Asian countries group the digits together in twos rather than threes. The number 1,00,00,000 is called a crore and is the same as what us Westerners would call ten million.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system
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Will
PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2006 7:05 pm    Author: Will    Post subject:
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MisterAl wrote:
Yep. India and other South Asian countries group the digits together in twos rather than threes. The number 1,00,00,000 is called a crore and is the same as what us Westerners would call ten million.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system


Well I never knew that, and I love my facts and figures. You learn something new everyday. Thanks Al.

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