Thousands with a silent tens place
40,102 splits into 40 | 102. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “two” follows “one hundred” directly.
Forty thousand one hundred two
Pattern: Thousands with a silent tens place
40,102 splits into 40 | 102. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “two” follows “one hundred” directly.
| Digit | Position | Value | Value in words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | ten-thousands | 40,000 | forty thousand |
| 0 | thousands | 0 | not spoken |
| 1 | hundreds | 100 | one hundred |
| 0 | tens | 0 | not spoken |
| 2 | ones | 2 | two |
| Group | Digits | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| thousands | 40 | forty thousand |
| final group | 102 | one hundred two |
40,102 splits into 40 | 102. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “two” follows “one hundred” directly.
The comma boundary separates 40 from 102: “forty thousand” is read before “one hundred two”.
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.