Step 1 of 4 · The place-value chart
Each digit lives in a place. Each place has a name.
thousands
1
hundreds
2
tens
3
ones
4
To write a number in words: read each digit with its place name, then say them together.
Step 2 of 4 · Read each place
2,345
Light up each column and read it.
thousands
2
two thousand
hundreds
3
three hundred
tens
4
forty
ones
5
five
2,345
two thousand three hundred forty-five
Step 3 of 4 · Skip the zeros
2,003
A zero means "nothing there" — so we just skip it.
thousands
2
two thousand
hundreds
0
(skip)
tens
0
(skip)
ones
3
three
2,003
two thousand three
Don't say "zero hundreds" or "zero tens" — just leave them out.
Step 4 of 4 · Your turn
Which is the correct word form?
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You wrote them all in words.

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