Word names for numbers

Key Notes :

Word names :

Word names for numbers are the names we use to express numerical values in words rather than digits.

Writing numbers in words involves expressing them in their verbal form.

Basic Rules for Writing Numbers in Words:

Whole Numbers:

  • Write out whole numbers from zero to nine: zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.

Tens and Teens:

  • For numbers from ten to nineteen, they have specific names: ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen.
  • For multiples of ten (20, 30, 40, etc.), write them as twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety.

Hundreds, Thousands, and Beyond:

  • Use the base numbers (one, two, three, etc.) and add the place value (hundred, thousand, million, billion, etc.) after them.

Learn with an example

🔥How do you write this number using words?

966

  • nine hundred and eighty-six
  • six hundred and sixty-six
  • nine hundred and twenty-six
  • nine hundred and sixty-six
  • Remember how to write numbers between 100 and 999.
  • First, write how many hundreds. Write: nine hundred.
    Write the word “and” followed by the tens and the ones. Write: and sixty-six.
  • You write 966 as nine hundred and sixty-six.

🔥How do you write this number using digits?

six hundred and five

  • 305
  • 300
  • 600
  • 605
  • Use a place value chart:
hundredstensones
605
  • You write six hundred and five as 605.

🔥How do you write this number using words?

219

  • two hundred and ninety-nine
  • two hundred and thirteen
  • two hundred and nineteen
  • three hundred and nineteen
  • 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 nineteen.
  • You write 219 as two hundred and nineteen.

Let’s practice!