900 in Words
Updated on February 8, 2026
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Whether you are counting items, measuring distances, or writing out a specific amount on a document, knowing how to spell out numbers is a skill you will need at one point or another.
In today’s guide, we will be talking about the number 900. Specifically, we will look into how you can write 900 in words, understand the structure of the number and some of its mathematical properties, and also provide you with some fun practice problems for you to work through.
How to write 900 in words?
Writing the number 900 in word form is quite straightforward, as it only has three place values. These are the hundreds, the tens, and the ones, and the last two in our case are empty!
To write it, you simply take the digit in the hundreds place, which in our case is 9, and pair it with its place value name, which is the hundred. Because the tens and ones places are both zero, you don’t need to add any extra words. What you need to do is simply take the number of hundreds you have, and you will have your final result, nine hundred.
How do you spell 900?
Spelling 900 in word is simpler than it might seem at first, as it is simply written as nine hundred. There is no and in-between the two words, and you don’t need a hyphen either. The number combines the word nine with hundred to show nine groups of one hundred.
Knowing how to spell 900 (and other numbers) is an important early numeracy skill that your child will use later in their academic and real-world life, as part of math problems and filling out forms, so it’s important they grasp it early.
Facts about the 900 number
900 is a very interesting number in mathematics, as it is a significant milestone (the last multiple of 100), where we transition from three-digit numbers to 4-digit numbers.
It is an even number and has multiple divisors, including 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10. This type of divisibility makes it a very flexible number to manage, while it being a perfect square (30 x 30, or 30^2) makes it also a stable number you can often find in geometry or area calculations. It’s also a Harshad number, which are the numbers that can be divided without remainders by the sum of their digits.
These are some quirky, interesting facts about the number, which will become important as children dive deeper into the world of mathematics. But at first, one of the biggest significances of the number 900 is that it is just below 1,000, and can serve as an important stepping stone when kids just learn to count larger numbers.
Solved tasks on the number 900
Q1. How can you write 900 in words?
Solution:
| Nine hundred. To solve this, you first need to identify the place value of 9, which in this case is the hundreds place. So, you write nine, followed by a hundred. |
Q2. What is the value of the tenth place in 900?
Solution:
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The value of the tens place is 0. |
Q3. How does the spelling of 900 change if you add a 5 to the ones place (905)?
Solution:
| Nine hundred five. Note that you don’t need to add “and”. |
Practice problems on nine hundred
Q1. Which of the following correctly spells out 900?
- A) Ninetynine
- B) Nine hundred
- C) Ninehundred
Q2. In the number 900, how many ones are present?
Q3. A student wrote the number 900 as “nine hunderd.” What is the spelling mistake they made?
FAQ on 900 in Words
How do you spell 900 in words?
You spell 900 hundred in words as nine hundred. Make sure to keep nine and hundred as two separate words, which is quite a common spelling mistake. Do not use a hyphen or “and” between the nine and hundred.
How is 900 spelled out?
To spell out 900 in words, you write the word for the digit in the hundreds place (nine), followed by the place value name (hundred). Because there are no values in the tens or ones places, it will simply be nine hundred.
If there are 900 stars, how do you write ‘nine hundred’?
To describe a collection of 900 stars, you would simply write “nine hundred stars”. If it’s a creative writing assignment or a report, we’d recommend using the word form of 900 instead of the digits, as it will help to make the sentence cleaner and smoother-looking.
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