The term million uses the same prefix and symbol, mega (M), in both the short and long scale systems for integer powers of ten(ten multiplied by itself a certain number of times).
A power of 10 is any of the integer powers of the number ten; in other words, ten multiplied by itself a certain number of times (when the power is a positive integer). mega M million For whole numbers smaller than 1,000,000,000 (10), such as one thousand or one million, the two scales are identical. 
