Sixty Million in Numbers

How to write 60,000,000 in words

The number 60,000,000 is written “sixty million” in British English.

Because 60,000,000 is below one thousand it is a single group: name the hundreds and stop. That gives “sixty million”.

In running text the number is normally lowercase: “the fee is sixty million pounds”. At the start of a sentence, in a heading, or on a legal document it takes capitals: Sixty Million. Formal documents often give both forms together, for example “sixty million (60,000,000)”, so that a reader can check one against the other.

2 words · 12 letters · 60,000,000 = 60 × 1,000,000 (one million)

Sixty Million in figures

To turn “sixty million” back into digits, work group by group. Each group word (billion, million, thousand) marks a block of three digits. The result is 60,000,000, or 60000000 without separators.

Commas go after every third digit counting from the right: 60,000,000. In Britain and the United States this is the standard grouping; in much of Europe the same number appears as 60.000.000, and international scientific style uses spaces: 60 000 000.

How to write 60,000,000 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 – “Sixty million pounds and fifty pence only” for £60,000,000.50 – or write the pence as a fraction, “Sixty million pounds 50/100”.
• US check: “Sixty million 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 crore only”, with the figure written Tk. 6,00,00,000/=.

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.

60,000,000 in British and American English

60,000,000 is spelled exactly the same way – “sixty million” – 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.

60,000,000 in lakh and crore (India, Bangladesh and Pakistan)

In India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, large numbers are grouped differently. After the first thousand the digits are grouped in twos, and the units are lakh (100,000) and crore (10,000,000). So 60,000,000 becomes 6,00,00,000, read as “six crore” – or simply 6 crore.

On an Indian cheque or invoice the amount reads “Rupees six crore only”; in Bangladesh it is “Taka six crore only”. Our lakh and crore conversion guide explains the system in full.

Common mistakes when writing 60,000,000

• Pluralising the group words. It is million, never “hundreds”, “thousands” or “millions” after a number.
• Using shorthand in formal documents. 60M is fine in a message, but a cheque or contract needs sixty million or 60,000,000.
• Miscounting the zeros. 60,000,000 has 8 digits. Check the commas: every group between commas should have exactly three digits.

Other ways to write 60,000,000

Half of 60,000,000 is 30,000,000 (thirty million).