Thousands with a silent tens place
10,504 splits into 10 | 504. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “four” follows “five hundred” directly.
Ten thousand five hundred four
Pattern: Thousands with a silent tens place
10,504 splits into 10 | 504. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “four” follows “five hundred” directly.
| Digit | Position | Value | Value in words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ten-thousands | 10,000 | ten thousand |
| 0 | thousands | 0 | not spoken |
| 5 | hundreds | 500 | five hundred |
| 0 | tens | 0 | not spoken |
| 4 | ones | 4 | four |
| Group | Digits | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| thousands | 10 | ten thousand |
| final group | 504 | five hundred four |
10,504 splits into 10 | 504. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “four” follows “five hundred” directly.
The comma boundary separates 10 from 504: “ten thousand” is read before “five hundred four”.
The thousands and tens positions contain zero. They preserve place value in the numeral but add no spoken word.
The American English style used here normally omits “and” between “hundred” and the following tens or ones.