Four Hundred and Seventy in Numbers

How to write 470 in words

The number 470 is written “four hundred and seventy” in British English. Notice the word “and”: British English places it between the hundreds and the rest of the group. American English usually leaves it out.

Because 470 is below one thousand it is a single group: name the hundreds, add "and", then name the remaining tens and units. That gives “four hundred and seventy”.

In running text the number is normally lowercase: “the fee is four hundred and seventy pounds”. At the start of a sentence, in a heading, or on a legal document it takes capitals: Four Hundred and Seventy. Formal documents often give both forms together, for example “four hundred and seventy (470)”, so that a reader can check one against the other.

4 words · 21 letters · 470 = 4.7 × 100 (one hundred)

Four Hundred and Seventy in figures

To turn “four hundred and seventy” back into digits, work group by group. Each group word (billion, million, thousand) marks a block of three digits. The result is 470, or 470 without separators.

How to write 470 on a cheque

Banks read the amount in words as the legal amount, so it must be exact. Write the pounds in words, add the word pounds, and finish with only so that nothing can be added afterwards.

• With pence: add the pence after the pounds – “Four hundred and seventy pounds and fifty pence only” for £470.50 – or write the pence as a fraction, “Four hundred and seventy pounds 50/100”.
• US check: “Four hundred seventy and 00/100 dollars”. American cheques drop the “and” after the hundreds and put it before the cents.
• Bangladesh, India and Pakistan: the currency word comes first and the amount is counted in lakh and crore – “Taka four hundred and seventy only”, with the figure written Tk. 470/=.

Read the full guide to writing a UK cheque or the guide to writing a cheque in Bangladesh for the layout, the date, and what to do if the words and figures disagree.

470 in British and American English

This is one of the numbers where the two spellings differ. British English keeps “and” after the hundreds; American English generally drops it.

Both are correct in their own country and both are understood everywhere. For a UK cheque, contract or exam, use the British form. See British vs American English numbers for the full comparison.

470 in Bangla (বাংলায় ৪৭০)

In Bangla, 470 is written ৪৭০ using Bengali digits, and in words it is চারশো সত্তর. Bangla has its own word for every number from one to ninety-nine, and above that it counts in হাজার (thousand), লাখ (lakh) and কোটি (crore), the same grouping used across Bangladesh and India.

On a cheque or invoice written in Bangla the amount reads চারশো সত্তর টাকা মাত্র (“চারশো সত্তর taka only”). In English on the same cheque it is Taka four hundred and seventy only – see How to write a cheque in Bangladesh.

Common mistakes when writing 470

• Dropping “and”. four hundred seventy is American usage. In British English write four hundred and seventy.
• Pluralising the group words. It is hundred, never “hundreds”, “thousands” or “millions” after a number.
• Mixing words and figures. In running text keep to one style: four hundred and seventy or 470, not 470 (four hundred and seventy) unless it is a legal document.

Other ways to write 470

Double 470 is 940 (nine hundred and forty).