Thousands with a silent tens place
46,703 splits into 46 | 703. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “three” follows “seven hundred” directly.
Forty-six thousand seven hundred three
Pattern: Thousands with a silent tens place
46,703 splits into 46 | 703. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “three” follows “seven hundred” directly.
| Digit | Position | Value | Value in words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | ten-thousands | 40,000 | forty thousand |
| 6 | thousands | 6,000 | six thousand |
| 7 | hundreds | 700 | seven hundred |
| 0 | tens | 0 | not spoken |
| 3 | ones | 3 | three |
| Group | Digits | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| thousands | 46 | forty-six thousand |
| final group | 703 | seven hundred three |
46,703 splits into 46 | 703. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “three” follows “seven hundred” directly.
The comma boundary separates 46 from 703: “forty-six thousand” is read before “seven hundred three”.
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.