Count on Us: A Million Numbers in One Post
A Billion
1,000,000,000 = 9 zeros
A Million
1,000,000 = 6 zeros
A Hundred thousand
100,000 = 5 zeros
Ten thousand
10,000 = 4 zeros
One thousand
1,000 = 3 zeros
How do you say this number?
123,456,789
HOW TO READ LARGE NUMBERS
Numbers are separated into groups: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, millions, and so on. Each group contains three subgroups: ones, tens, and hundreds. When writing or reading a large number, begin at the left with the largest group, and proceed to the right. For instance, 7,482 is read as seven thousand, four hundred, and eighty-two.The following chart can help in reading large numbers.
1 | 2 | 3, | 4 | 5 | 6, | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Try to say these numbers：
110
1,250
2,001
110 - one hundred and ten
1,250 - one thousand, two hundred and fifty
2,001 - two thousand and one
Got it? Ok let‘s try a few more
1,256,721
31,256,721
631,256,721
Answers:
1,256,721
one million two hundred fifty-six
thousand seven hundred twenty-one
31,256,721
thirty-one million two hundred
fifty-six thousand seven hundred
twenty-one
631,256,721
six hundred thirty-one million
two hundred fifty-six thousand
seven hundred twenty-one
OK now you try this one:
123,456,789
___ hundred _____-_____million
____ hundred _____-____thousand
_____ hundred ____-_____.
You see now you can count up to any number.
Easy, right?
Now you can count to a billion in just a few minutes, if you practice this 2 or 3 times this week you won’t forget it.
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