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How can I spell the number 125.000?

Should I say one hundred twenty five thousand or one hundred and twenty five thousand?

Which is correct?

Possible duplicate of How do you correctly say large numbers and Rule for adding and or hyphens between numbers that are spelled out fully .... — Edwin Ashworth, Sep 19 '16 at 19:40

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 19 '16 at 19:27

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This is a difference between US and British English.

Americans say "One hundred twenty five thousand."

British say "One hundred and twenty five thousand".

Canadians side with the Americans. Other than that I don't know which other countries say which.

answered Sep 19 '16 at 19:27

DJClayworth

The downvote is for not checking for the to-be-expected duplicates (the top candidate in the 'Related' column is one). – Edwin Ashworth Sep 19 '16 at 19:44

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