Three Hundred Thousand in Numbers

How to write 300,000 in words

The number 300,000 is written “three hundred thousand” in British English.

Because 300,000 is below one thousand it is a single group: name the hundreds and stop. That gives “three hundred thousand”.

In running text the number is normally lowercase: “the fee is three hundred thousand pounds”. At the start of a sentence, in a heading, or on a legal document it takes capitals: Three Hundred Thousand. Formal documents often give both forms together, for example “three hundred thousand (300,000)”, so that a reader can check one against the other.

3 words · 20 letters · 300,000 = 300 × 1,000 (one thousand)

Three Hundred Thousand in figures

To turn “three hundred thousand” back into digits, work group by group. Each group word (billion, million, thousand) marks a block of three digits. The result is 300,000, or 300000 without separators.

Commas go after every third digit counting from the right: 300,000. In Britain and the United States this is the standard grouping; in much of Europe the same number appears as 300.000, and international scientific style uses spaces: 300 000.

How to write 300,000 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 – “Three hundred thousand pounds and fifty pence only” for £300,000.50 – or write the pence as a fraction, “Three hundred thousand pounds 50/100”.
• US check: “Three hundred thousand 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 three lakh only”, with the figure written Tk. 3,00,000/=.

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.

300,000 in British and American English

300,000 is spelled exactly the same way – “three hundred thousand” – 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.

300,000 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 300,000 becomes 3,00,000, read as “three lakh” – or simply 3 lakh.

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

300,000 in Bangla (বাংলায় ৩,০০,০০০)

In Bangla, 300,000 is written ৩,০০,০০০ using Bengali digits, and in words it is তিন লাখ. 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 তিন লাখ টাকা মাত্র (“তিন লাখ taka only”). In English on the same cheque it is Taka three lakh only – see How to write a cheque in Bangladesh.

Common mistakes when writing 300,000

• Pluralising the group words. It is hundred, thousand, never “hundreds”, “thousands” or “millions” after a number.
• Using shorthand in formal documents. 300k is fine in a message, but a cheque or contract needs three hundred thousand or 300,000.
• Miscounting the zeros. 300,000 has 6 digits. Check the commas: every group between commas should have exactly three digits.

Other ways to write 300,000

Half of 300,000 is 150,000 (one hundred and fifty thousand). Double 300,000 is 600,000 (six hundred thousand).