Word names for numbers

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Use a place value chart to find numbers

How do you write this number using digits?

one hundred and six

You write one hundred and six as 106.

Remember how to write numbers between 100 and 999.

  • First, write how many hundreds.
  • Write the word “and” followed by the tens and the ones.
  • You write 401 as four hundred and one.
  • You write 991 as nine hundred and ninety-one.
  • You write seven hundred and seven as 707.
  • You write three hundred and twenty-three as 323.
  • You write 568 as five hundred and sixty-eight.
  • You write three hundred and nine as 309.
  • You write 532 as five hundred and thirty-two.
  • You write eight hundred and eight as 808.
  • You write one hundred and six as 106.

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▶️ How do you write this number using words?

203

  • three hundred and three
  • two hundred and nine
  • three hundred and nine
  • two hundred and three

Remember how to write numbers between 100 and 999.

First, write how many hundreds. Write: two hundred.
Write the word “and” followed by the tens and the ones. Write: and three.

You write 203 as two hundred and three.

▶️ How do you write this number using digits?

nine hundred and five

  • 605
  • 905
  • 909
  • 945

Use a place value chart:


hundreds		tensones
905

You write nine hundred and five as 905.

▶️ How do you write this number using digits?

nine hundred and seventy-eight

  • 987
  • 908
  • 978
  • 178

Use a place value chart:

hundredstensones
978

You write nine hundred and seventy-eight as 978.

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