Thousands with a silent tens place
70,304 splits into 70 | 304. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “four” follows “three hundred” directly.
Seventy thousand three hundred four
Pattern: Thousands with a silent tens place
70,304 splits into 70 | 304. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “four” follows “three hundred” directly.
| Digit | Position | Value | Value in words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | ten-thousands | 70,000 | seventy thousand |
| 0 | thousands | 0 | not spoken |
| 3 | hundreds | 300 | three hundred |
| 0 | tens | 0 | not spoken |
| 4 | ones | 4 | four |
| Group | Digits | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| thousands | 70 | seventy thousand |
| final group | 304 | three hundred four |
70,304 splits into 70 | 304. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “four” follows “three hundred” directly.
The comma boundary separates 70 from 304: “seventy thousand” is read before “three hundred four”.
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.