88 in words is ‘eighty-eight’. We should take place values for each digit to learn to write a number in words. This is a simple method which helps students to understand the process better.

The Indian numerical system is one of the most used numerical system across the world. In the Indian numeral system, we write place values of digits in a sequence starting from ones, tens, hundreds, going up to thousands.
So now let's try to write 88 in words, by following the above sequence
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Tens |
Ones |
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8 |
8 |
We can see that we have 8 in one's place and 8 is in ten's place. Hence, 88 in words would be written as eighty-eight
Few mathematical properties of 88 are discussed below -
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Mathematical Property |
Answers |
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Is 88 a prime number? |
No |
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Is 88 a composite number? |
Yes |
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Is 88 a perfect square? |
No |
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Is 88 a perfect cube? |
No |
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Square root of 88 |
9.38 |
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Cube root of 88 |
4.43 |
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Is 88 an even number? |
Yes |
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Is 88 an odd number? |
No |
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Factors of 88 |
1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, and 88 |
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Prime factors of 88 |
2 and 11 |
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Multiples of 88 |
88, 176, 264, 352, 440, 528… |


It's normal for students to face difficulty while learning these particular concepts. Given below are few of the major mistakes made by students-
Getting confused with teen numbers
Students may sometimes get confused between teens and use them at the wrong place, wherein they may write forty as fourteen since they found similar.
Wrong representation of decimal numbers
Grammatical Mistakes
Sometimes students may pluralize their writing when it is not required. They may write twenties when writing in plural form rather than just twenty.
64 will be written as ‘sixty-four’ in words, Because while using the Indian numerical system, we will find that 6 is in the ten’s place and 4 is in the one’s place.
Now if we perform the Indian numerical system operation on 114 we find that 1 is in hundred’s place, 1 in ten’s place and 4 is in one’s place, hence 114 is equal to one hundred fourteen.
Divisors of 88 are the numbers which can divide 88 without leaving any reminders. The numbers include 1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88.
By using the long division method, we can get the square root of 88 which comes out approximately as 9.38.
88 consists of total 2 place values which are place value of ten and one, and is written as eighty-eight.

Hiralee Lalitkumar Makwana has almost two years of teaching experience. She is a number ninja as she loves numbers. Her interest in numbers can be seen in the way she cracks math puzzles and hidden patterns.
: She loves to read number jokes and games.
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