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When we write number words in numerals we look at the hundreds, tens and ones.
Let's look at three hundred and forty-five.
This is three hundred, forty and five.
345 = 300 + 40 + 5
Or three hundreds, four tens and five ones.
In a three-digit number, the digits go in columns like this:
Hundreds | Tens | Ones |
3 | 4 | 5 |
Three hundred and forty-five is written as 345.
Sometimes, we might have a number that causes a little problem, such as two hundred and seven.
We can see that there are two hundreds and seven ones, but there are no tens!
We need to include a zero in the tens place to act as a place holder. If we didn't, we would simply have the number 27 which is not the right number!
If we include the zero as a place holder, our number is 207.
Are you happy with that?
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