Thousands with a silent tens place
18,105 splits into 18 | 105. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “five” follows “one hundred” directly.
Eighteen thousand one hundred five
Pattern: Thousands with a silent tens place
18,105 splits into 18 | 105. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “five” follows “one hundred” directly.
| Digit | Position | Value | Value in words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ten-thousands | 10,000 | ten thousand |
| 8 | thousands | 8,000 | eight thousand |
| 1 | hundreds | 100 | one hundred |
| 0 | tens | 0 | not spoken |
| 5 | ones | 5 | five |
| Group | Digits | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| thousands | 18 | eighteen thousand |
| final group | 105 | one hundred five |
18,105 splits into 18 | 105. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “five” follows “one hundred” directly.
The comma boundary separates 18 from 105: “eighteen thousand” is read before “one hundred five”.
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.