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title: "497 in words"
description: "497 in words is \"four hundred ninety-seven\". Ordinal form, the British spelling, how to write it on a cheque, and where each word comes from."
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# 497 in words

**497 in words: Four hundred ninety-seven**

497 is written "four hundred ninety-seven". British English inserts "and" before the final part, giving "four hundred and ninety-seven"; American English leaves it out.

## Where each word comes from

*400 + 90 + 7 = 497*

| Digit | Place | Worth | Spoken as |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4 | hundreds | 400 | four hundred |
| 9 | tens | 90 | ninety |
| 7 | ones | 7 | seven |

## The same number, other ways

- **In words (US):** Four hundred ninety-seven
- **In words (UK):** Four hundred and ninety-seven
- **Ordinal:** 497th — four hundred ninety-seventh
- **Roman numeral:** CDXCVII
- **Digits:** 497

## Writing it on a cheque

On a cheque the amount line reads "Four hundred and ninety-seven and 00/100" — or "Four hundred and ninety-seven 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 497 in words?

Four hundred ninety-seven. In British English, "four hundred and ninety-seven".

### What is the ordinal of 497?

Four hundred ninety-seventh, written 497th.

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