Thousands with a silent tens place
20,607 splits into 20 | 607. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “seven” follows “six hundred” directly.
Twenty thousand six hundred seven
Pattern: Thousands with a silent tens place
20,607 splits into 20 | 607. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “seven” follows “six hundred” directly.
| Digit | Position | Value | Value in words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | ten-thousands | 20,000 | twenty thousand |
| 0 | thousands | 0 | not spoken |
| 6 | hundreds | 600 | six hundred |
| 0 | tens | 0 | not spoken |
| 7 | ones | 7 | seven |
| Group | Digits | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| thousands | 20 | twenty thousand |
| final group | 607 | six hundred seven |
20,607 splits into 20 | 607. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “seven” follows “six hundred” directly.
The comma boundary separates 20 from 607: “twenty thousand” is read before “six hundred seven”.
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.