Group boundary: 22 | 370
The comma boundary separates 22 from 370: “twenty-two thousand” is read before “three hundred seventy”.
Twenty-two thousand three hundred seventy
Pattern: Thousands with exact tens at the end
22,370 splits into 22 | 370. Its final group ends in the exact tens value “seventy”.
| Digit | Position | Value | Value in words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | ten-thousands | 20,000 | twenty thousand |
| 2 | thousands | 2,000 | two thousand |
| 3 | hundreds | 300 | three hundred |
| 7 | tens | 70 | seventy |
| 0 | ones | 0 | not spoken |
| Group | Digits | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| thousands | 22 | twenty-two thousand |
| final group | 370 | three hundred seventy |
The comma boundary separates 22 from 370: “twenty-two thousand” is read before “three hundred seventy”.
The ones position contains zero. It preserves place value in the numeral but adds 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.
The American English style used here normally omits “and” between “hundred” and the following tens or ones.