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How do you say 10,000?
English tens of thousands
Read the number before the comma, then add thousand.
Short answer
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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| Number | English words | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| 10000 | ten thousand | |
| 10001 | ten thousand and one | |
| 10002 | ten thousand and two | |
| 10003 | ten thousand and three | |
| 10004 | ten thousand and four | |
| 10005 | ten thousand and five | |
| 10006 | ten thousand and six | |
| 10007 | ten thousand and seven | |
| 10008 | ten thousand and eight | |
| 10009 | ten thousand and nine | |
| 10010 | ten thousand and ten | |
| 10011 | ten thousand and eleven | |
| 10012 | ten thousand and twelve | |
| 10013 | ten thousand and thirteen | |
| 10014 | ten thousand and fourteen | |
| 10015 | ten thousand and fifteen | |
| 10016 | ten thousand and sixteen | |
| 10017 | ten thousand and seventeen | |
| 10018 | ten thousand and eighteen | |
| 10019 | ten thousand and nineteen | |
| 10020 | ten thousand and 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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