What does M stand for 1000?

M is the Roman numeral for thousand and MM is meant to convey one thousand-thousand — or million. To take it further; one billion would be shown as $1MMM or one-thousand million.

Does M stand for thousands or millions?

Abbreviated Forms

Number	North America	Rarer Forms
thousand	K	thsnd(.), M
million	M	mil(.), mill(.), mln(.), MM
billion	B	bil(.), bill(.), bln(.)
trillion	T	tril(.), trill(.), trn(.), tln(.)

What does K and M stand for in money?

What does “K” or “M” behind numbers mean? On the Internet, 1K is used to represent 1 thousand and 10K is used to represent 10 thousand, similarly, 1M is used to represent 1 million. 1M = 1 Million (ie 10 Lakh)

Why do bankers use M instead of K?

M and MM are roman numerals where M is one thousand and MM is intended to denote “one thousand thousands.” K comes from kilo which is the unit prefix in metric systems to indicate “times one thousand.” The corresponding prefix for million is M. So you should use either K and M or M and MM, but do not mix the two.

How much is 1K view?

Whenever 1,000 thousand like Views, Subscribers, or comments are made on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, then they are written in the form of or in a technically formed 1k instead of 1000 and it also means 1K Is equal to 1000.

Why is M 1000?

M is the Roman numeral for 1,000 but in the metric system M designates the prefix mega- which is a million. In the metric system lower case k designates kilo as in kg for kilogram, a thousand grams. Even here there is some ambiguity. In the language of computer science K is 210 = 1024.