What mostly everyone in writing in words is purely Americanism.. this is
very much true and quite different from the way its taught in the other
parts of the world. We believe in what we are taught in schools and hence
Americans stick to the concept of writing in the way they have been taught
in schools and the rest the way they are taught..
3400.56 in words is THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED POINT FIFTY SIX.
3456 in words is THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX.
123,456,789 in words is ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THREE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY
SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE (American way)
12,34,56,789 in words is TWELVE CRORE THIRTY FOUR LAKH FIFTY SIX THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE (Non-American way)..
This is what I have been taught in schools.. !!
-----Original Message-----
From: NTC John Pitman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 10:25 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Wildly OT: Simple math question
I dont know if US education is that different from Oz (of 40 years ago
anyway), but the ONLY time I EVER write a number down from the RIGHT, is
when I am doing addition of columns of numbers (makes the carries easier to
add in the next column).
If somebody reads me a number value, they start at the left, I start at the
left; if it exceeds 999, and they say '3 thousand...' I will insert the
comma as I go; if not, I will add the commas in later, from the right.
BUT I WILL NEVER WRITE A NUMBER DOWN FROM THE RIGHT normally.
BTW, 'three thousan four hundred and fifty six' = 3400.56 is purely an
Americanism, so watch out when you travel.
Who is it that writes '12,34,56,789' ? Nobody I know, but it rings a bell
somewhere?
Thanks
JP
-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Wirt Atmar
Sent: Fri, September 28, 2001 10:26 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Wildly OT: Simple math question
Raghu rightly writes:
> There was this Mathematics Olympiad Quiz organized when I was in my 7th
> grade (1987) and they asked this same question. Only difference is that
it
> was 6 digit number in that question. No surprises there too that ALL got
it
> wrong..
>
> The reason why we say 3 as the last digit in this case is because while
> writing down the numbers, we usually start putting the "," starting from
> the right most digit and ends in the left most digit (for ex 123456789
will
> be represented as 12,34,56,789 or 123,456,789) and hence the reason why
they
> say that the last digit is the left most digit.
>
> Even in the case of 346.1, the last digit will still remain 3 because we
> don't put "," option for digits below 0 or after decimal (however small
they
> are) and the order still goes from right to left.
OK, now that we've got that question resolved, which digit in the string
346.1 is the topmost digit? And which is the bottommost?
Wirt Atmar
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