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title: "489 in words"
description: "489 in words is \"four hundred eighty-nine\". Ordinal form, the British spelling, how to write it on a cheque, and where each word comes from."
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# 489 in words

**489 in words: Four hundred eighty-nine**

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

## Where each word comes from

*400 + 80 + 9 = 489*

| Digit | Place | Worth | Spoken as |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4 | hundreds | 400 | four hundred |
| 8 | tens | 80 | eighty |
| 9 | ones | 9 | nine |

## The same number, other ways

- **In words (US):** Four hundred eighty-nine
- **In words (UK):** Four hundred and eighty-nine
- **Ordinal:** 489th — four hundred eighty-ninth
- **Roman numeral:** CDLXXXIX
- **Digits:** 489

## Writing it on a cheque

On a cheque the amount line reads "Four hundred and eighty-nine and 00/100" — or "Four hundred and eighty-nine 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 489 in words?

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

### What is the ordinal of 489?

Four hundred eighty-ninth, written 489th.

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