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Writing a Billion-Scale Number in Digits
To write "nine billion, two hundred forty-six million, seventy-three thousand, one hundred eighty-nine" as a whole number, first identify the period keywords: "billion," "million," and "thousand." These indicate four groups (billions, millions, thousands, and the unnamed ones period). Set up four sets of three blanks separated by commas: ___ , ___ , ___ , ___. Fill in each group: for billions, for millions, for thousands (a leading zero is required because "seventy-three" fills only the tens and ones places), and for ones. The result is .
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