Dec. 26, 2019
How to count a four-digit number
I am not 100% sure, but I feel that there are two ways to count a four-digit number.
For example, when we count 2972 in English, we say 2 thousand, 9 hundred, and seventy-two. This is a way that we learned at school.
However, I often hear a newscaster saying twenty-nine hundred, seventy-two.
I wonder if both of them are the right ways to count.
How to count aread/say four-digit numbers
I am not 100% sure, but I feelthink that there are two ways to count a four-digit number.
For example, when we countsay 2972 in English, we say 2two thousand, 9 nine hundred, and seventy-two.
This is athe way that we learned at school.
However, I often hear a newscasters saying twenty-nine hundred, seventy-two.
I wonder if both of them are the right ways to count.
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Yeah, those are both right. "Twenty-nine seventy-two" is more natural than "twenty-nine hundred seventy-two." However, we would read "2300" as "twenty-three hundred" for example.
I don't know if it's technically correct to say "twenty-nine seventy-two," but it's very very natural and much more common than reading out the full number. It's just faster to say, I think, haha.
Dec. 31, 2019
I see!
"twenty-nine seventy-two" is definitely much faster than reading out the full number.
No wonder newscasters often choose this way to count four-digit numbers.
Thank you so much, Sasha san!
Dec. 31, 2019
Oh - one more thing! If you're reading out a much larger number, for example 12 325, you always read it out in full: "twelve thousand three hundred (and) twenty-five."
No problem! I'm happy to help!
Jan. 1, 2020
Thank you for teaching me how to count 5-digit numbers, Sasha san.
Jan. 1, 2020
You're welcome! c:
This is athe way that we learned to count at school.
However, I often hear a newscasters saying twenty-nine hundred, seventy-two.
Dec. 27, 2019
Thank you so much for the correction:D
How to count a four-digit number
I am not 100% sure, but I feel that there are two ways to count a four-digit number.
For example, when we count 2972 in English, we say 2 thousand, 9 hundred, and seventy-two.
This is aone of the ways that we learned at school.
However, I often hear a newscaster saying twenty-nine hundred, seventy-two.
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1900s nineteen hundreds
I wonder if both of them are the right ways to count.
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Both are correct. It's all up to personal preference I believe
Dec. 27, 2019
Masemune san, thank you so much for the correction!
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