Thousands with a silent tens place
80,704 splits into 80 | 704. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “four” follows “seven hundred” directly.
Eighty thousand seven hundred four
Pattern: Thousands with a silent tens place
80,704 splits into 80 | 704. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “four” follows “seven hundred” directly.
| Digit | Position | Value | Value in words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | ten-thousands | 80,000 | eighty thousand |
| 0 | thousands | 0 | not spoken |
| 7 | hundreds | 700 | seven hundred |
| 0 | tens | 0 | not spoken |
| 4 | ones | 4 | four |
| Group | Digits | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| thousands | 80 | eighty thousand |
| final group | 704 | seven hundred four |
80,704 splits into 80 | 704. In the final group, the tens place is zero, so “four” follows “seven hundred” directly.
The comma boundary separates 80 from 704: “eighty thousand” is read before “seven 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.