Question

1. seventy - four million is how much less than one billion? use words to write the answer.

Explanation:

Step1: Understand the values

One billion is $1,000,000,000$ and seventy - four million is $74,000,000$.

Step2: Subtract the two values

We calculate $1,000,000,000 - 74,000,000$.
$1,000,000,000-74,000,000 = 926,000,000$.

Step3: Convert the result to words

$926,000,000$ in words is "nine hundred twenty - six million".

Answer:

Nine hundred twenty - six million