On 12/7/05, James R. Johnson modean52@comcast.net wrote:
Dumb question, but is that 555 and a half, or 555,500 (five hundred fifty-five thousand five hundred)? And 177 and two-tenths people, or 177 thousand two-hundred-four?
It's 555,500 (five hundred fifty-five thousand five hundred) and 177,204.
In continental Europe, the decimal comma is used instead of the decimal point, while the separator used is the dot, not the comma. So, one thousand is written 1.000 not 1,000 And 2 and a half euro is written 2,50 not 2.50