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title: "482 in words"
description: "482 in words is \"four hundred eighty-two\". Ordinal form, the British spelling, how to write it on a cheque, and where each word comes from."
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# 482 in words

**482 in words: Four hundred eighty-two**

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

## Where each word comes from

*400 + 80 + 2 = 482*

| Digit | Place | Worth | Spoken as |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4 | hundreds | 400 | four hundred |
| 8 | tens | 80 | eighty |
| 2 | ones | 2 | two |

## The same number, other ways

- **In words (US):** Four hundred eighty-two
- **In words (UK):** Four hundred and eighty-two
- **Ordinal:** 482nd — four hundred eighty-second
- **Roman numeral:** CDLXXXII
- **Digits:** 482

## Writing it on a cheque

On a cheque the amount line reads "Four hundred and eighty-two and 00/100" — or "Four hundred and eighty-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 482 in words?

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

### What is the ordinal of 482?

Four hundred eighty-second, written 482nd.

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