Number
WRITING NUMBERS AS WORDS AND
WORDS AS NUMBERS
1000 TO MILLIONS
Making Sense of Large Numbers
How do you read a number like 23856?
The numbers have to be organised in groups of three.
So put a space before the last three numbers:
23 856
The numbers in front of the space tell you how many thousands there are 23 thousands
The rest of the number can be read as usual - eight hundred and fifty six.
So the number is:
23 thousand, eight hundred and fifty six.
Make sure you understand the example, then have a go at the
questions below.
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A. Write these in words.
1)
42964
2)
57550
3)
84125
4)
36227
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5)
13045
6)
12005
7)
16072
8)
25009
9)
30195
If the number has six figures
458350
As before, put a space before the last three figures:
458 350
Now read the number - four hundred and fifty eight thousand, three
hundred and fifty.
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Make sure you understand the example before you have a go at
the questions.
B.
Try writing these in words:
1)
350452
2)
571360
3)
175000
4)
225120
5)
120305
6)
416026
7)
325001
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Now the millions
If the number has more than 6 figures, you can still group them in threes.
1236578
Put a space before the last 3 figures, and another space before the next
three:
1 236 578
The first group are millions.
So this reads: one million, two hundred and thirty six thousand, five hundred
and seventy eight.
Make sure you understand the example.
C.
Try writing these in words:
1)
3425671
2)
4800000
3)
2750000
4)
3490250
5)
1925075
6)
12560350
Example (a)
two hundred and fifty thousand, three hundred and twenty
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= 250 320
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D.
Now write these numbers in figures.
1)
Four hundred and twenty five thousand, seven hundred and
fifty.
2)
Fifty six thousand, nine hundred and seventy-five.
3)
Twenty seven thousand, four hundred and thirty.
4)
One hundred and sixteen thousand, two hundred and six.
5)
Four million, eight hundred and thirty thousand, two hundred
)and fifty.
6)
One million, seven hundred and twenty five thousand
7)
Two million, eight hundred thousand.
Watch out for 0’s in the middle.
Example (b)
seven hundred and twenty five thousand and fifty six.
The thousands are straight forward - 725 thousand. But
there is no hundreds figure, so you need an 0 there.
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725 056
8)
Five hundred and sixty-five thousand and twenty-five.
9)
Four hundred and thirty thousand and seventy-two.
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Number
E. House Prices in the UK
Area
Price
Scotland
£57 586
Northern Ireland
£49 840
North
£50 139
North West
£52 236
Yorkshire & Humberside
£50 815
Wales
£50 553
West Midlands
£61 593
East Midlands
£52 677
East Anglia
£57 583
Greater London
£78 766
South West
£62 452
South East
£78 215
1)
How much does the average house cost in the North
West? Read it out to yourself or a tutor and then write
the figure down in words.
2) In which area do houses cost most? Write down the
price in numbers and words.
3) Where is it cheapest to buy a house? Write down the
price in numbers and words.
4) I can buy a house for fifty thousand eight hundred and
fifteen pounds. Write this figure down in numbers and
find out where I would be living.
5) I buy a house for sixty-two thousand four hundred and
fifty-two pounds. Write this figure in numbers and find
out where I would be living.
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Check your answers, then discuss with your tutor what you need
to work next.
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Answers
Writing Numbers as Words and Words as Numbers - 1000 to millions
A
B
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1)
forty-two thousand, nine hundred and sixty-four
2)
fifty-seven thousand, five hundred and fifty
3)
eighty-four thousand, one hundred and twenty-five
4)
thirty-six thousand, two hundred and twenty-seven
5)
thirteen thousand and forty-five
6)
twelve thousand and five
7)
sixteen thousand and seventy-two
8)
twenty-five thousand and nine
9)
thirty thousand one hundred and ninety-five
1)
three hundred and fifty thousand, four hundred and fifty-two
2)
five hundred and seventy-one thousand, three hundred and sixty
3)
one hundred and seventy five thousand
4)
two hundred and twenty-five thousand, one hundred and twenty
5)
one hundred and twenty thousand, three hundred and five
6)
four hundred and sixteen thousand and twenty six
7)
three hundred and twenty-five thousand and one
1)
three million, four hundred and twenty-five thousand, six hundred
and seventy-one
2)
four million eight hundred thousand
3)
two million seven hundred and fifty thousand
4)
three million, four hundred and ninety thousand, two hundred and
fifty
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C
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5)
one million, nine hundred and twenty-five thousand and seventyfive
6)
twelve million, five hundred and sixty thousand, three hundred and
fifty
1)
425 750
2)
56 975
3)
27 430
4)
116 206
5)
4 830 250
6)
1 725 000
7)
2 800 000
8)
565 025
9)
430 072
1)
Fifty-two thousand, two hundred and thirty-six pounds
2)
Greater London, £78 766, seventy-eight thousand, seven hundred
and sixty-six pounds
3)
Northern Ireland, £49 840, forty nine thousand eight hundred and
forty pounds
4)
£50 815, Yorkshire and Humberside
5)
£62 452, South West
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