Thousands with a silent tens place
11,702 splits into 11 | 702. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “two” follows “seven hundred” directly.
Eleven thousand seven hundred two
Pattern: Thousands with a silent tens place
11,702 splits into 11 | 702. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “two” follows “seven hundred” directly.
| Digit | Position | Value | Value in words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ten-thousands | 10,000 | ten thousand |
| 1 | thousands | 1,000 | one thousand |
| 7 | hundreds | 700 | seven hundred |
| 0 | tens | 0 | not spoken |
| 2 | ones | 2 | two |
| Group | Digits | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| thousands | 11 | eleven thousand |
| final group | 702 | seven hundred two |
11,702 splits into 11 | 702. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “two” follows “seven hundred” directly.
The comma boundary separates 11 from 702: “eleven thousand” is read before “seven hundred two”.
The tens position contains zero. It preserves place value in the numeral but adds no spoken word.
The American English style used here normally omits “and” between “hundred” and the following tens or ones.