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Kingfisher Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

How to read numbers

Hi,
could you tell me how to read the following numbers:

107
170
1007
1070
1700
1701
17587

If the number has more than one correct reading, plz inform

Thanks
  

Top answer

One/a hundred and seven One/a hundred and seventy One/a thousand (and) seven One/a thousand (and) seventy One thousand seven hundred, or seventeen hundred One thousand seven hundred and one Seventeen thousand five hundred and eighty-seven

  • One/a hundred and seven One/a hundred and seventy One/a thousand (and) seven One/a thousand (and) seventy One thousand seven hundred, or seventeen hundred One thousand seven hundred and one Seventeen thousand five hundred and eighty-seven
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One/a hundred and seven
One/a hundred and seventy
One/a thousand (and) seven
One/a thousand (and) seventy
One thousand seven hundred, or seventeen hundred
One thousand seven hundred and one
Seventeen thousand five hundred and eighty-seven
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  • one hundred seven

  • one hundred seven

  • one thousand, seven

  • one thousand, seventy

  • one thousand, seven hundred

  • one thousand, seven hundred one

  • seventeen thousand, five hundred eighty-seven
This is a great place to learn how to write big numbers:

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Anon is not quite right here.

You need all the 'and's that Mr M put in.
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0how can i read this valu and this number 1.275pound0-
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0 One point two seven five pound01u00s02u00 0-
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10That's a difference between British and American English. I would not use the "and" in the middle of a number. Now, let's talk about
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If 1701 was a year, you can say:

"Seventeen-o-one."

(If that's how it's written Emotion: smile).
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Reading some of these numbers quickly and informally for purposes such as informing and note taking (giving out room number at hotel reception, taking ID number for registration, or counting the number of sit-up's done), I would say the following:

107 > One-O-Seven

170 > One seventy

1007 > One thousand seven

1070 > Ten seventy

1700 > Sev
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Yes, for years you say seventeen-oh-one, or nineteen-sixty-six.

200x is still not clear - I've only heard one person say twenty-oh-seven. Most people all it two-thousand-and-seven.

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