Number Names 100 to 500

These are the words that we use to represent numbers, which makes it easier to read.

Take the number 250 — it is written as ‘Two Hundred Fifty’.

Writing numbers in words not only helps us write legal documents and fill forms, but it also enhances a student's spelling skills.

There are two different ways of naming numbers:

• the Indian Numbering System

• and the International Numbering System.

You need to understand how numbers are named using both numbering systems.

This will help you in communication as well as in arithmetic calculations.

Now let’s discuss the two numbering systems.

In the Indian Numbering System, digits are assigned place values starting from the right. These place values include ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands, and continue to grow as the number increases.

For example, in the number 286:

• The digit 6 is in the ones place

• 8 is in the tens place

• and 2 is in the hundreds place

Starting from the right, the order goes from:
ones → tens → hundreds → thousands → ten thousands → lakhs → ten lakhs → crores.

Each digit will have its value based on its position in the number.

Let’s take an example of the number 9,56,28,743.

The number is written as:
Nine Crore Fifty-Six Lakhs Twenty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Three.

The number gets placed as:

• 9 in the crores place

• 5 in the ten lakhs place

• 6 in the lakhs place

• 2 in the ten thousands place

• 8 in the thousands place

• 7 in the hundreds place

• 4 in the tens place

• 3 in the ones place

Just like the Indian Numbering System, the International Numbering System also uses names, and they differ for bigger numbers. The place value starts from the right.

The place values are:
ones → tens → hundreds → thousands → ten thousands → hundred thousands → millions → ten millions → hundred millions → and so on.

Let’s take the example of 743,856,269.
The number is written as:
Seven Hundred Forty-Three Million Eight Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Nine.

The number gets placed as:

• 7 in the Hundred Million place

• 4 in the Ten Million place

• 3 in the Million place

• 8 in the Hundred Thousands place

• 5 in the Ten Thousands place

• 6 in the Thousands place

• 2 in the Hundreds place

• 6 in the Tens place

• 9 in the Ones place

Learning the names of the numbers from 100 to 500 using a chart will make it easy for the students to write the numbers in words. List of Numbers in Words 100 to 500 The list given below shows how numbers from 100 to 500 are written using letters. Learning to write the numbers in words improves their skills in reading and writing.

While writing numbers from 100 to 500, there are certain rules to be followed. Below discussed are some rules to keep in mind while writing the names of numbers:

Rule 1:
Always start naming with ‘Hundred’ for any number from 100 to 199.
Example: 150 is written as One Hundred Fifty.

Rule 2:
For numbers starting with 200, use “Two Hundred.”
Example: 201 is written as “Two Hundred One.”

Rule 3:
Numbers after 100 follow a pattern.
Examples:
245 is written as Two Hundred Forty-Five
368 is written as Three Hundred Sixty-Eight
472 is written as Four Hundred Seventy-Two

• Always use a hyphen while writing numbers like 345 and 478.
  These should be written as Three Hundred Forty-Five and Four Hundred Seventy-Eight.

• Always keep writing the numbers with ‘Hundred’, as in One Hundred for 100 and Two Hundred for 200.

• Always focus on the tens place for numbers like 210, 320, 430, etc.
  After writing Two Hundred, you just need to add the number — that’s it.

• The mentioned numbers can be written as:
  Two Hundred Ten, Three Hundred Twenty, and Four Hundred Thirty.

• Place Value: The value of a digit based on its position within a given number.
  For example, in 345, we place 5 in the ones place, 4 in the tens place, and 3 in the hundreds place.

• Number Form: It is the numerical form of a number written in words.
  For example, the number form of Two Hundred Thirty-Four is 234.

• Indian Numbering System: A system used primarily in India, where numbers are grouped as ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, lakhs, and crores.

• International Numbering System: The Western system used to write numbers, where the place values for larger numbers are different.
  For example, instead of writing lakhs and crores, we use million, ten million, hundred million, and so on.

• Hyphen: A punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word.
  In number names, it is used to connect tens and units, such as Forty-Five.