Numbers into words
You learn to write a number in words, in the order you say it.
How to work it out
- Write the hundreds first: three hundred.
- Then write ‘and’.
- Then write the tens, a hyphen and the ones: forty-eight.
- Put it all together.
Th1,000
—
H100
3
T10
4
O1
8
300 + 40 + 8=348
48
- Say the number out loud: forty-eight.
- Write the tens: forty.
- Put a hyphen and then the ones: forty-eight.
Th1,000
—
H100
0
T10
4
O1
8
40 + 8=48
More examples
348
- Write the hundreds first: three hundred.
- Then write ‘and’.
- Then write forty-eight.
- Put it all together: three hundred and forty-eight.
Th1,000
—
H100
3
T10
4
O1
8
300 + 40 + 8=348
72
- Write the tens: seventy.
- Put a hyphen and then the ones: seventy-two.
Th1,000
—
H100
0
T10
7
O1
2
70 + 2=72