Editing Long and short scales (section)

==Comparison==
The following tables show the corresponding names and values of the two scales.

Note that instead of using an intermediate long scale word (illiard), a quantity is sometimes specified in terms of the smaller illion word. For example, "thousand billion" instead of "billiard".

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:left;"
! Value
! Metric prefix
! Short scale
! Long scale
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| &nbsp;
| one
| one
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10
| style="text-align:center;"| deca 
| ten
| ten
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10<sup>2</sup>
| style="text-align:center;"| hecto
| hundred
| hundred
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10<sup>3</sup>
| style="text-align:center;"| kilo
| thousand
| thousand
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10<sup>6</sup>
| style="text-align:center;"| mega
| million
| million
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10<sup>9</sup>
| style="text-align:center;"| giga
| billion
| milliard
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10<sup>12</sup>
| style="text-align:center;"| tera
| trillion
| billion
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10<sup>15</sup>
| style="text-align:center;"| peta
| quadrillion
| billiard
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10<sup>18</sup>
| style="text-align:center;"| exa
| quintillion
| trillion
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10<sup>21</sup>
| style="text-align:center;"| zetta
| sextillion
| trilliard
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10<sup>24</sup>
| style="text-align:center;"| yotta
| septillion
| quadrillion
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10<sup>27</sup>
| style="text-align:center;"| ronna
| octillion
| quadrilliard
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10<sup>30</sup>
| style="text-align:center;"| quetta
| nonillion
| quintillion
|}

The different sizes of the same name of the two scales can be described as:

{| class="wikitable" "
|- style="text-align:left;"
! Name
! Short scale
! Long scale
|-
| million
| style="text-align:center;"|10<sup>6</sup> 
| style="text-align:center;"|10<sup>6</sup> 
|-
| billion|| style="text-align:center;"|10<sup>9</sup> 
| style="text-align:center;"|10<sup>12</sup> 
|-
| trillion
| style="text-align:center;"|10<sup>12</sup> 
| style="text-align:center;"|10<sup>18</sup> 
|-
| quadrillion
| style="text-align:center;"|10<sup>15</sup> 
| style="text-align:center;"|10<sup>24</sup>
|-
| quintillion
| style="text-align:center;"|10<sup>18</sup> 
| style="text-align:center;"|10<sup>30</sup>
|- valign="top"
|
| style="text-align:center;" | .<br>.<br>.
| style="text-align:center;" | .<br>.<br>.
|}