We can express 5500 in words as Five Thousand Five Hundred. It can also be written in words as Fifty-Five Hundred. If you have purchased a silk saree worth rupees 5500, you can say, “ I have bought a silk saree worth Rs 5500”. We know that we can convert 5500 to words using the place value chart. Also, we know that 5500 is a cardinal number since it indicates a specific quantity.
| 5500 in words | Five Thousand Five Hundred |
| Five Thousand Five Hundred in numerical form | 5500 |
5500 in English Words
Usually we write numbers in words using the English alphabet. Hence, we can read 5500 in English as “Five Thousand Five Hundred”.
How to Write 5500 in Words?
Here, let us glance at the conversion of 5500 to words using the place value chart. The number 5500 has 4 digits. So, let’s make a chart that represents the place value up to 4 digits
| Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Ones |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Therefore, we can write the expanded form as:
5 × Thousand + 5 × Hundred + 0 × Ten + 0 × One
= 5 × 1000 + 5 × 100 + 0 × 10 + 0 × 1
= 5000 + 500
= 5500
= Five Thousand Five Hundred
Hence, 5500 in words is written as Five Thousand Five Hundred.
Learn more about place value here
Interesting way of writing 5500 in words
5 = Five
55 = Fifty-Five
550 = Five Hundred and Fifty
5500 = Five Thousand Five Hundred (Or) Fifty-Five Hundred
About the Number 5500
5500 is a natural number. The predecessor of 5500 is 5499 and the successor is 5501
- 5500 in words – Five Thousand Five Hundred
- Is 5500 an odd number? – No
- Is 5500 an even number? – Yes
- Is 5500 a perfect square number? – No
- Is 5500 a perfect cube number? – No
- Is 5500 a prime number? – No
- Is 5500 a composite number? – Yes
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