900 in Words

How to write 900 in words?

900 in words is nine hundred. Numbers are very significant in day-to-day life. Number standing alone does not give much information. But when it is combined with different units it helps us to count a wide range of physical quantities. The number 900 with the unit 'cm' gives us the term 900 cm which helps to count length. The digits in the number have a significant place whose magnitude increases from left to right. Using this rule we can convert the numbers into words. The conversion of the number comes under the domain of the decimal system.

This Story also Contains

1. How to write 900 in words?
2. What is the decimal system?
3. Understanding the significance of each place
4. Properties of the number 900
5. Factors of 900
6. Use of 900 with different units

What is the decimal system?

The number system with a base of 10 is called the decimal number system. It means any number can be written in terms of the power of 10. The lowest significant number of the decimal system is unit place. From the unit place, the significance of the digits increases by a power of 10.

Understanding the significance of each place

The places of the digits and their significance is given in the following table.

There are three digits in the given number

'0' is at the unit place

'0' is at the tens place

'9' is at hundreds of place

Hence, the number becomes 900.

Properties of the number 900

1. 900 is an even number as on division by 2 it gives 0 remainders.

2. 900 is not a prime number. We can find the factors of 900 except 1 and 900. So, 900 is not a prime number.

3. 900 can be used to count the quantities which makes it a cardinal number.

4. 900 can be used to denote 900th place which makes 900 an ordinal number.

Factors of 900

To find the factors of any number we start to divide the number by the smallest prime number i.e. 2. We continue the division till we get all prime factors.

900 = 2 × 450

= 2 × 2 × 225

= 2 × 2 × 3 × 75 …( The next prime number that divides the number is 3)

= 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 25

= 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 5 …( The next prime number that divides the number is 5)

900 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 5

Use of 900 with different units

• Length:

When we add units like 'm' and 'cm' to the number it helps us to count the length. 900 m means the length is 900 m

We can convert 900 m into centimeters just by multiplying it by 100. So, 900 m = 90000 cm

• Volume

When we had units like liters with the number 900, we can use it to measure the volume of any quantity.

For example 900 liters of water.

• Rupees

We use numbers to give value to the money.

900 with rupees denotes 900 rupees.

• Time

We can use the number with the unit of time to measure the time.

For example 900 seconds.

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