Thousands with a two-digit final group
20,025 splits into 20 | 025. Its two-digit final group is written “twenty-five”.
Twenty thousand twenty-five
Pattern: Thousands with a two-digit final group
20,025 splits into 20 | 025. Its two-digit final group is written “twenty-five”.
| Digit | Position | Value | Value in words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | ten-thousands | 20,000 | twenty thousand |
| 0 | thousands | 0 | not spoken |
| 0 | hundreds | 0 | not spoken |
| 2 | tens | 20 | twenty |
| 5 | ones | 5 | five |
| Group | Digits | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| thousands | 20 | twenty thousand |
| final group | 025 | twenty-five |
20,025 splits into 20 | 025. Its two-digit final group is written “twenty-five”.
The comma boundary separates 20 from 025: “twenty thousand” is read before “twenty-five”.
The thousands and hundreds positions contain zero. They preserve place value in the numeral but add no spoken word.
The spelling contains one hyphen. Each hyphen joins a tens word to a non-zero ones word inside the same two-digit group.