hundred

Everyday

1. A hundred is the number 100, ten tens. A hundred is 100. tree →
2. Hundreds means many, a large number, without an exact count. tree →
3. The hundreds place is the third digit from the right in a whole number. tree →
4. A hundred per cent means all of something, or completely. tree →

In the lessons

In maths, a number word; also a place value (the hundreds digit); 100 cents make a dollar, 100 centimetres make a metre, 100 years make a century. In everyday life: «a hundred times» means very many times. In stories: «hundreds of stars». Phrases: «a hundred», «hundreds of», «one hundred per cent», «the hundreds place», «a hundred and one».

Examples

• The school has three hundred pupils. tree →
• A hundred cents make one dollar. tree →
• What digit is in the hundreds place of 452? tree →
• Hundreds of birds flew by. tree →
• There are 100 centimetres in a metre. tree →
• I've told you a hundred times to tidy your room! tree →
• She counted to a hundred during hide and seek. tree →
• He scored a hundred per cent on the spelling test. tree →
• A century is a hundred years. tree →
• 'Two hundred hussars, forward!' cried he. tree →

Note

After a number, hundred has no -s: «three hundred», not «three hundreds»; but «hundreds of birds». British English says «a hundred and five», American often «a hundred five». Read «three hundred» as 300. Trap: «hundreds of» without a number means «many», not an exact amount; «the hundreds place» asks for a digit, not the value (in 452 the digit is 4, the value is 400).

In Jewish tradition

In maths, a number word; also a place value (the hundreds digit); 100 cents make a dollar, 100 centimetres make a metre, 100 years make a century. In everyday life: «a hundred times» means very many times. In stories: «hundreds of stars». Phrases: «a hundred», «hundreds of», «one hundred per cent», «the hundreds place», «a hundred and one».

Examples

• and thirty thousand and five hundred asses, (Torah NUM.31.45, JPS 1917) tree →
• So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old. (Torah GEN.50.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh. (Torah GEN.5.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he made a hundred basins of gold. (Writings 2CH.4.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. (Writings EZR.2.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• The children of Jorah, a hundred and twelve. (Writings EZR.2.18, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

After a number, hundred has no -s: «three hundred», not «three hundreds»; but «hundreds of birds». British English says «a hundred and five», American often «a hundred five». Read «three hundred» as 300. Trap: «hundreds of» without a number means «many», not an exact amount; «the hundreds place» asks for a digit, not the value (in 452 the digit is 4, the value is 400).