421 LearnersLast updated on August 5, 2025

Numbers play a role in every component of our life. From the moment we wake up we use numbers to measure or know time, distance, to count money etc. Letโs see how to write 100 in words.
100 in words is ‘One hundred’. To write the number in words, we take the place value of each digit.
In the Indian numeral system, the place values follow the sequence → ones, tens, hundreds, thousands and followed.
To know how to write 100 in words, we break it according to the place value.
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Hundreds |
Tens |
Ones |
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1 |
0 |
0 |
We have 1 in the hundreds place and 0 in both the tens and ones place.
100 in words is — One hundred.
Here are few mathematical properties of 100 listed,
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Mathematical Property |
Answers |
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Is 100 a composite number? |
Yes |
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Is 100 a prime number? |
No |
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Is 100 a perfect cube? |
No |
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Is 100 a perfect square? |
Yes |
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Cube root of 100 |
4.64 |
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Square root of 100 |
10 |
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Is 100 an even number? |
Yes |
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Is 100 an odd number? |
No |
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Factors of 100 |
1,2,4,5,10,20,25,50,100 |
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Prime factors of 100 |
2,5 |
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Multiples of 100 |
100,200,300,400,500,600,700,800,900,1000 |


Listed below are a few commonly made mistakes when writing 100 in words, let us see how we can prevent them
Misspelling
Misspelling is a common error that one may make. For example, writing ‘HUNDRED’ as ‘HUNDERED’.
Errors in formatting
When applying the numbers in sentences, one may write it as ‘one hundred books and 100 pens’, which is incorrect. It should be written as ‘One hundred books and one hundred pens’.
Errors in punctuation
‘One hundred one’ is how we write 101.
‘One hundred twenty’.
‘One hundred fifty’.
100 is ‘L’ in Roman numerals.
‘One hundred thirteen’.



