How to read numbers ?

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To read numbers in English, you can use the following guidelines:

Start with the ones place and move to the left. For example, the number 23 would be read as "twenty-three."
When you get to the tens place, you can either say the name of the tens place (e.g. "twenty") or the name of the tens place plus the ones place (e.g. "twenty-three").
When you get to the hundreds place, you can either say the name of the hundreds place (e.g. "one hundred") or the name of the hundreds place plus the tens and ones places (e.g. "one hundred twenty-three").
When you get to the thousands place and beyond, you can say the name of each place plus the corresponding number (e.g. "five thousand two hundred thirty-four").

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Separation between hundreds and tens

Hundreds and tens are usually separated by 'and' (in American English 'and' is not necessary).

110 - one hundred and ten
1,460 - one thousand, four hundred and sixty
3,002 - three thousand and two

Hundreds

Use 100 always with 'a' or 'one'.

100 - a hundred / one hundred

'a' can only stand at the beginning of a number.

100 - a hundred / one hundred
2,100 - two thousand, one hundred

Thousands and Millions

Use 1,000 and 1,000,000 always with 'a' or 'one'.

1,000 - a thousand / one thousand
201,000 - two hundred and one thousand

Use commas as a separator.

Special Names For Numbers

Number - 0

zero
nought
naught
aught
oh
nil
null
blank

Number - 1

ace
solo
unit

Number - 2

couple
pair
duo
deuce

Number - 3

trey
trio
hat-trick

Number - 4

cater
condor
quad
quartet

Number - 5

cinq
cinque
nickel
quint

Number - 6

half a dozen
sice
sextet
sextic

Number - 7

septet
septic

Number - 8

octet

Number - 9

nonet

Numbers With Readings Table :

Number	Reading In Words	How to read ?
73204	Seventy-three Thousand Two Hundred Four	73204 In Words
98749	Ninety-eight Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-nine	98749 In Words
43283	Forty-three Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-three	43283 In Words
5439	Five Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-nine	5439 In Words
2993.4	Two Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-three Point Four	2993.4 In Words
335.52	Three Hundred Thirty-five Point Five Two	335.52 In Words
513.24	Five Hundred Thirteen Point Two Four	513.24 In Words

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How to read USD money?

Reading USD money values is quite straightforward.

Whole Dollars: The whole number before the decimal point represents the dollars part of the amount.
Decimal Part: The decimal part after the decimal point represents the cents part of the amount. Each digit after the decimal point corresponds to a specific value: tenths, hundredths, thousandths, and so on.

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