É six hundred or six hundred? The writing of numerals is a point of great difficulty for many people, especially when we talk about very high numbers. This is because it is very common to write numbers in their own numeral form, rather than in extended form. Although the practice is accepted in informal language, it is essential to know the writing in full for more formal situations.
Today, we come to help clarify the writing of numerals through a very common question among Portuguese speakers: the correct thing is six hundred or six hundred? Interestingly, the answer to this question also helps clarify the spelling of several hundred others.
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After all, what is the correct way to write the number 600?
The correct way to write the number 600 in full is six hundred. The word “seissentos” written with two “s” does not exist in the Portuguese language. A good tip not to forget is to remember that six hundred represents six hundred.
The word "hundred" derives from "hundred" comes from Latin
centum. It refers to the number one hundred (100) and must always be written with the letter c.So write in your head: “one hundred” (100), “two hundred” (200) and “six hundred” (600). The logic of this value becomes a compound word: six hundred.
See below the examples of the use of six hundred in Portuguese:
It is important to remember that all numbers between 600 and 699 also follow this spelling rule and must be written with the “sc” consonants. For example: six hundred and one (601), six hundred and twenty-two (622), six hundred and forty-nine (649), six hundred and eighty (680), etc.
Fun fact: in Roman numerals, the number six hundred is represented by AD.
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Are you still having doubts when writing the number 600? “six hundred or six hundred”? Check out the following video:
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