Nine Hundred in Numbers

How to write 900 in words

The number 900 is written “nine hundred” in British English.

Because 900 is below one thousand it is a single group: name the hundreds and stop. That gives “nine hundred”.

In running text the number is normally lowercase: “the fee is nine hundred pounds”. At the start of a sentence, in a heading, or on a legal document it takes capitals: Nine Hundred. Formal documents often give both forms together, for example “nine hundred (900)”, so that a reader can check one against the other.

2 words · 11 letters · 900 = 9 × 100 (one hundred)

Nine Hundred in figures

To turn “nine hundred” back into digits, work group by group. Each group word (billion, million, thousand) marks a block of three digits. The result is 900, or 900 without separators.

How to write 900 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 – “Nine hundred pounds and fifty pence only” for £900.50 – or write the pence as a fraction, “Nine hundred pounds 50/100”.
• US check: “Nine hundred 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 nine hundred only”, with the figure written Tk. 900/=.

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.

900 in British and American English

900 is spelled exactly the same way – “nine hundred” – in British and American English. The two varieties only differ when a number contains hundreds followed by tens or units, where British English adds “and”. Read more in our guide to British vs American English numbers.

900 in Bangla (বাংলায় ৯০০)

In Bangla, 900 is written ৯০০ using Bengali digits, and in words it is নয়শো. 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 নয়শো টাকা মাত্র (“নয়শো taka only”). In English on the same cheque it is Taka nine hundred only – see How to write a cheque in Bangladesh.

Common mistakes when writing 900

• 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: nine hundred or 900, not 900 (nine hundred) unless it is a legal document.

Other ways to write 900

Half of 900 is 450 (four hundred and fifty). Double 900 is 1,800 (one thousand eight hundred).