Thousands with a silent tens place
40,702 splits into 40 | 702. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “two” follows “seven hundred” directly.
Forty thousand seven hundred two
Pattern: Thousands with a silent tens place
40,702 splits into 40 | 702. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “two” follows “seven hundred” directly.
| Digit | Position | Value | Value in words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | ten-thousands | 40,000 | forty thousand |
| 0 | thousands | 0 | not spoken |
| 7 | hundreds | 700 | seven hundred |
| 0 | tens | 0 | not spoken |
| 2 | ones | 2 | two |
| Group | Digits | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| thousands | 40 | forty thousand |
| final group | 702 | seven hundred two |
40,702 splits into 40 | 702. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “two” follows “seven hundred” directly.
The comma boundary separates 40 from 702: “forty thousand” is read before “seven 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.