381 in Words

Writing numbers in words is essential when filling official documents or checks. But how do we write a number like 381 in words?

The answer lies in breaking the number into its place values. Let’s look into how we represent 381 in its place values with the help of a place value chart. So for 381, we split the number into hundreds, tens, and ones. 3 represents the hundreds in place, 8 represents the tens, and 1 represents the ones.

Step 1: Begin with the leftmost digit, and assign each digit a place value as you move from left to right. For 381, we start from hundreds, tens, and then the ones place.

Step 2: Next, combine the values from each place and then read the values aloud. In 381, we can see that the number consists of 1 ‘one’, 8 ‘tens’, and 3 ‘hundreds’. Starting from the leftmost value, read the number together from left to right keeping in mind the place values.

When we read it out loud, we read it as “three hundred eighty-one”.

Now that we have learned how to express the number 381 in words, let us learn more about the properties of the number.

• Place value: The position of the digit in the place value chart. For example, in 381, the place value of 3 is hundreds.

• Compound numbers: Numbers that are written with a hyphen, such as twenty-one or eighty-five.

• Scientific notation: A way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form.

• Ordinal numbers: Numbers that represent the position or rank in a sequential order, such as first, second, or third.

• Cardinal numbers: Numbers that represent quantity, such as one, two, or three.