Because the hundreds, tens, and ones are all zero, we don’t name them.
"The buyer agrees to pay a deposit of $30,000 (Thirty Thousand Dollars)." Interesting Facts About 30,000
Never "thirty hundreds." "Thirty hundreds" would be 30 × 100 = 3,000. The correct term is "thirty thousand."
| Ten-Thousands | Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | |---------------|-----------|----------|------|------| | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A 30,000-word piece is typically considered a novella or a very short non-fiction book.
Writing is straightforward: thirty thousand . Remember to omit the hyphen, keep "thousand" singular, and use clear formatting when dealing with financial instruments.
In British English, it is common to hear numbers like this spoken as However, if you were to add pence or cents, the "and" appears: "Thirty thousand and one."
