To write 98 in words, we must know the place of each value. Place value is the position of each value/number which starts from ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands.
Let's find the place value of, 4800 with a simple chart:
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Tens |
Ones |
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9 |
8 |
In Tens place there are 9 and in one's place value it is 8. Combining them together we get, 98 which is written as Ninety Eight.
Now we know how to write 98 in words, so, let's learn more about the number 98 but exploring some mathematical properties.
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Mathematical Property |
Answers |
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Is 98 a prime number? |
No |
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Is 98 a composite number? |
Yes |
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Is 98 a perfect square? |
No |
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Is 98 a perfect cube? |
No |
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Square root of 98 |
9.90 |
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Cube root of 98 |
4.62 |
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Is 98 an even number? |
Yes |
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Is 98 an odd number? |
No |
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Factors of 98 |
1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98 |
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Prime factors of 98 |
2 × 7² |
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Multiples of 98 |
98, 196, 294, 392… |


While learning about 98 in words, students may likely make mistakes, to avoid them a few mistakes with solutions are given below:
confusion between similar writing styles of words.
Students sometimes get confused between the sounds and writing style of words and think that it is the same word. For example: they think Eighty five as Eighty five hundreds. To avoid this, they should remember the place value chart.
Not remembering the place value.
Students sometimes get confused between the place values, they may skip the terms and write only five instead of eighty-five. They should always spit the number to find the place values.
complicating the word form
Students tend to mix twelve with large numbers greater numbers like 850 or 8500 without understanding the values of zero to make them greater, and write them as Eighty five hundreds.
In words, 96 is written as Ninety Six.
200 in words is a Two hundred.
1000 in words is written as One Thousand.
Fifty thousand is also written as 50k, k is used as a thousand.

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.
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