38 in Words: How to Write and Spell 38 in English

38 in Words

Edited By Team Careers360 | Updated on Sep 04, 2023 07:51 PM IST

38 words are written as thirty-eight. 38 in Mathematics is a natural even number that is used to represent the value of a quantity. For example, Ram has 38 marbles and Seeta has 38 rupees or thirty-eight rupees. Hence, the number 38 can be used in multiple ways in different subjects as well as in real life.

38 in words	Thirty-eight
Thirty-eight in numbers	38

38 in the English word

By knowing the place value of a number, we can easily write it in word form. Here we have the number 38 which is placed valued in the following form:

TENS	ONES
3	8

From the table we can see that the number 3 comes under the tens place ie it's place value will be known as ‘3 tents’ that means ‘thirty’ (30) and the number 8 comes under the ones place ie its place value is known as 8 ones = eight (8). We need to read the number from left to right therefore it is read as thirty-eight (38).

The expanded form of 38

We can expand the number 38 based on its place value. 3 comes under the tens place and 8 comes under the one's place as shown in the above table, we shall follow the same order to expand the number thirty-eight

3 at tens + 8 at ones place

=3 (10) + 8 (1)

=30 +8

About the number 38

38 is expressed as thirty-eight in words.

38 is not an odd number
38 is an even number
38 isn’t a prime number
38 is a composite number
38 is not a square number
38 is not a cubic number

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. What are 38 words?

38 in words is thirty-eight.

2. What is the rule to write 38?

38 in words is written based on the place values of each digit. In 38, 3 is at tens place and 8 is at units place. Thus, thirty-plus-eight is read as Thirty-eight.

3. How do we spell 38?

38 is spelled as Thirty-eight.

4. What is the spelling of 38?

Thirty-eight.

5. How do we write 38 words in a cheque?

In a cheque, we write it as Thirty-eight rupees only.

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