Large numbers

Question 1

how to write large numbers

Answer 1

Large numbers

a) We normally say a hundred, a thousand, a million. We only say one hundred, one thousand and one million when we want to emphasise the number:

What would you do if you won a million euros? (preferred to one million euros)

The city is about a hundred kilometres from the capital.

b) Numbers such as 100, 200, 1,000, etc. do not take a plural -s when we use them as determiners:

There were about two hundred people at the meeting.

c) However, we use the plural forms hundreds, thousands, millions + of + noun to refer to large, non-specific numbers:

It’s happened hundreds of times.

Millions of people live in poverty.

d) We often use commas in writing to separate long numbers of a thousand or more into each thousand part:

The repairs cost £1,250.

A total of $5,000,000 was spent on the project.