How do we read 4,500?

Hi.

4,500 can be read in two ways:

1. four thousand five hundred
2. four and a half thousand

Am I right? Even if there is one 's' or whatever missing, please let me know. I'm not completely sure about the second one.

Thanks in advance...

Yes they are most definitely interchangeable and at all times, in all contexts.

Another way to read this figure is "forty-five hundred" -- this is mostly used when talking about dates and years.

CarloSsS said:

Another way to read this figure is "forty-five hundred" -- this is mostly used when talking about dates and years.

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Really? I'm not familiar with that usage.

CarloSsS said:

Another way to read this figure is "forty-five hundred" -- this is mostly used when talking about dates and years.

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Not in BrE. I've only ever heard that from AmE speakers.

emsr2d2 said:

Not in BrE. I've only ever heard that from AmE speakers.

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I didn't realize there was any AmE/BrE difference here.

I would say "forty-five hundred." I would never say "four-and-a-half thousand."

bhaisahab said:

Really? I'm not familiar with that usage.

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SoothingDave said:

I didn't realize there was any AmE/BrE difference here.

I would say "forty-five hundred." I would never say "four-and-a-half thousand."

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There you go.

And they say that BrE is constantly changing under the influence of AmE -- not in this case I guess.

Note that this doesn't apply to the even multiples of a thousand. We would never say "forty hundred" for "four thousand."