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title: "470 in words"
description: "470 in words is \"four hundred seventy\". Ordinal form, the British spelling, how to write it on a cheque, and where each word comes from."
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# 470 in words

**470 in words: Four hundred seventy**

470 is written "four hundred seventy". British English inserts "and" before the final part, giving "four hundred and seventy"; American English leaves it out.

## Where each word comes from

*400 + 70 = 470*

| Digit | Place | Worth | Spoken as |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4 | hundreds | 400 | four hundred |
| 7 | tens | 70 | seventy |

## The same number, other ways

- **In words (US):** Four hundred seventy
- **In words (UK):** Four hundred and seventy
- **Ordinal:** 470th — four hundred seventieth
- **Roman numeral:** CDLXX
- **Digits:** 470

## Writing it on a cheque

On a cheque the amount line reads "Four hundred and seventy and 00/100" — or "Four hundred and seventy only" in Indian and much of Commonwealth practice. The fraction or the word "only" exists to stop anyone appending digits after what you wrote. Draw a line through any space left over for the same reason.

## Common questions

### How do you write 470 in words?

Four hundred seventy. In British English, "four hundred and seventy".

### What is the ordinal of 470?

Four hundred seventieth, written 470th.

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