Six Hundred in Numbers

How to write 600 in words

The number 600 is written “six hundred” in British English.

Because 600 is below one thousand it is a single group: name the hundreds and stop. That gives “six hundred”.

In running text the number is normally lowercase: “the fee is six hundred pounds”. At the start of a sentence, in a heading, or on a legal document it takes capitals: Six Hundred. Formal documents often give both forms together, for example “six hundred (600)”, so that a reader can check one against the other.

2 words · 10 letters · 600 = 6 × 100 (one hundred)

Six Hundred in figures

To turn “six hundred” back into digits, work group by group. Each group word (billion, million, thousand) marks a block of three digits. The result is 600, or 600 without separators.

How to write 600 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 – “Six hundred pounds and fifty pence only” for £600.50 – or write the pence as a fraction, “Six hundred pounds 50/100”.
• US check: “Six 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 six hundred only”, with the figure written Tk. 600/=.

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.

600 in British and American English

600 is spelled exactly the same way – “six 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.

600 in Bangla (বাংলায় ৬০০)

In Bangla, 600 is written ৬০০ using Bengali digits, and in words it is ছয়শো. 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 ছয়শো টাকা মাত্র (“ছয়শো taka only”). In English on the same cheque it is Taka six hundred only – see How to write a cheque in Bangladesh.

Common mistakes when writing 600

• 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: six hundred or 600, not 600 (six hundred) unless it is a legal document.

Other ways to write 600

Half of 600 is 300 (three hundred). Double 600 is 1,200 (one thousand two hundred).