Thousands with a silent tens place
70,602 splits into 70 | 602. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “two” follows “six hundred” directly.
Seventy thousand six hundred two
Pattern: Thousands with a silent tens place
70,602 splits into 70 | 602. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “two” follows “six hundred” directly.
| Digit | Position | Value | Value in words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | ten-thousands | 70,000 | seventy thousand |
| 0 | thousands | 0 | not spoken |
| 6 | hundreds | 600 | six hundred |
| 0 | tens | 0 | not spoken |
| 2 | ones | 2 | two |
| Group | Digits | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| thousands | 70 | seventy thousand |
| final group | 602 | six hundred two |
70,602 splits into 70 | 602. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “two” follows “six hundred” directly.
The comma boundary separates 70 from 602: “seventy thousand” is read before “six 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.