Thousands with a silent tens place
38,701 splits into 38 | 701. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “one” follows “seven hundred” directly.
Thirty-eight thousand seven hundred one
Pattern: Thousands with a silent tens place
38,701 splits into 38 | 701. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “one” follows “seven hundred” directly.
| Digit | Position | Value | Value in words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | ten-thousands | 30,000 | thirty thousand |
| 8 | thousands | 8,000 | eight thousand |
| 7 | hundreds | 700 | seven hundred |
| 0 | tens | 0 | not spoken |
| 1 | ones | 1 | one |
| Group | Digits | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| thousands | 38 | thirty-eight thousand |
| final group | 701 | seven hundred one |
38,701 splits into 38 | 701. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “one” follows “seven hundred” directly.
The comma boundary separates 38 from 701: “thirty-eight thousand” is read before “seven hundred one”.
The tens 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.