第475题：units' period

How many hundreds, how many tens and how many units in 738?

When a number is expressed by three figures, the third or left-hand figure denotes hundreds, the second figure denotes tens, the last figure denotes units. Thus , in 64, the 6 denotes tens, and the 4 denotes units.

In reading a number expressed by three figures, the hundreds, tens, and units are read together as so many units. Thus, 245 is read two hundred and forty-five, or more briefly, tow hundred forty-five.