Hundreds with a hyphenated ending
471 combines “four hundred” with the hyphenated ending “seventy-one”.
Four hundred seventy-one
Pattern: Hundreds with a hyphenated ending
471 combines “four hundred” with the hyphenated ending “seventy-one”.
| Digit | Position | Value | Value in words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | hundreds | 400 | four hundred |
| 7 | tens | 70 | seventy |
| 1 | ones | 1 | one |
| Group | Digits | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| units group | 471 | four hundred seventy-one |
471 combines “four hundred” with the hyphenated ending “seventy-one”.
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.