397 in Words

Writing numbers in words is essential when filling official documents or checks. But how do we write a number like 397 in words?

The answer lies in breaking the number into its place values. Let’s look into how we represent 397 in its place values with the help of a place value chart. So for 397, we split the number into hundreds, tens, and ones. 3 represents the hundreds in place, 9 represents the tens, and 7 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 397, 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 397, we can see that the number consists of 7 ‘ones’, 9 ‘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 ninety-seven”.

Now that we have learned how to express the number 397 in words, let us learn more about the properties of the number.

• Place value: The position of the digit in the number. For example, in 397, the place value of 3 is hundreds.

• Compound numbers: Numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine that are hyphenated when written in words.

• Numeral: A symbol or group of symbols used to represent a number.

• Hundreds: A set of one hundred units. For example, 300 is three hundreds.

• Digits: Individual numbers that make up larger numbers, such as 3, 9, and 7 in 397.