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How do you say 10,000?

English tens of thousands

Read the number before the comma, then add thousand.

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How do you read English tens of thousands?

The number 10,000 is ten thousand, and 25,000 is twenty-five thousand. If more digits follow, read them next. For example, 25,120 is twenty-five thousand one hundred twenty.

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English number table with words and listening buttons
Number English words Listen
10000 ten thousand
10001 ten thousand one
10002 ten thousand two
10003 ten thousand three
10004 ten thousand four
10005 ten thousand five
10006 ten thousand six
10007 ten thousand seven
10008 ten thousand eight
10009 ten thousand nine
10010 ten thousand ten
10011 ten thousand eleven
10012 ten thousand twelve
10013 ten thousand thirteen
10014 ten thousand fourteen
10015 ten thousand fifteen
10016 ten thousand sixteen
10017 ten thousand seventeen
10018 ten thousand eighteen
10019 ten thousand nineteen
10020 ten thousand twenty
ENGNUM TRICK

Why do groups make big numbers easier to read?

Start with the special words from zero to nineteen. Next, join a tens word with one to nine. For longer numbers, commas split the digits into small groups you already know.

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