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title: "472 in words"
description: "472 in words is \"four hundred seventy-two\". Ordinal form, the British spelling, how to write it on a cheque, and where each word comes from."
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# 472 in words

**472 in words: Four hundred seventy-two**

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

## Where each word comes from

*400 + 70 + 2 = 472*

| Digit | Place | Worth | Spoken as |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4 | hundreds | 400 | four hundred |
| 7 | tens | 70 | seventy |
| 2 | ones | 2 | two |

## The same number, other ways

- **In words (US):** Four hundred seventy-two
- **In words (UK):** Four hundred and seventy-two
- **Ordinal:** 472nd — four hundred seventy-second
- **Roman numeral:** CDLXXII
- **Digits:** 472

## Writing it on a cheque

On a cheque the amount line reads "Four hundred and seventy-two and 00/100" — or "Four hundred and seventy-two 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 472 in words?

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

### What is the ordinal of 472?

Four hundred seventy-second, written 472nd.

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