10000 is a number in decimal system,I just kown the last number is the unit

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10000 is a number in decimal system,I just kown the last number is the unit ,but how to spell others?


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If you are referring to the digits, from right to left, they are:

Ones
Tens
Hundreds
Thousands
Ten thousands
Hundred thousands
Millions
Ten millions
etc.

The number you gave is "ten thousand."

123,456 is "one hundred twenty-three thousand, four hundred fifty-six."
 

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ones=unit's digit? tens=ten's digit?

and why not read 123,456 as 'one hundred (and) twenty-three thousand, four hundred (and) fifty-six' ?

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Yes, I am speaking of the individual digits. The first is called the "ones" not the "units."

Some people say an "and" where you have shown them. I was taught that this is improper.
 

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Soothing Dave is an AmE speaker.

In BrE, we say 'units', not 'ones', and we read 123,456 as 'one hundred and twenty-three thousand, four hundred and fifty-six'.

Note that there should be a comma in '10,000'.

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ones=unit's digit? tens=ten's digit? I don't know what you mean in this line.

[strike]and[/strike] Why not read 123,456 as 'one hundred (and) twenty-three thousand, four hundred (and) fifty-six'?

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In BrE, we always include the "and".
 

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ones=unit's digit? tens=ten's digit?

and why not read 123,456 as 'one hundred (and) twenty-three thousand, four hundred (and) fifty-six' ?

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In AmE, many do (without the ands).
 

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The following section comes from other web page,so should it be tens place , ten's place or ten's digit?Thanks!
In the number 386 for example, the number 6 is the "unit's digit" (in the "unit's place"), 8 is the "ten's digit" (in the "ten's place"), and 3 is the "hundred's digit."
 

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Either way is fine.
 

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The following section comes from other web page,so should it be tens place , ten's place or ten's digit?Thanks!
In the number 386 for example, the number 6 is the "unit's digit" (in the "unit's place"), 8 is the "ten's digit" (in the "ten's place"), and 3 is the "hundred's digit."

I wouldn't use "digit" or "place". I would describe 386 as six units, eight tens and three hundreds. Failing that, I might say "... a six in the units column, an eight in the tens column and a three in the hundreds column".
 

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...and we read 123,456 as 'one hundred and twenty-three thousand, four hundred and fifty-six'.


Hello,

Is it wrong to use the plural "s" if one is to read it as "..twenty-three thousands, four hundreds.."?

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Hello,

Is it wrong to use the plural "s" if one is to read it as "..twenty-three thousands, four hundreds.."?

Thanks in advance.

Yes, it is incorrect.
 
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