Step by step
The question
Question: write 40 in words.
Write 40 in words
1 Split into tens and ones
40 is 4 tens and 0 ones.
2 Say each part
40 is forty.
40 → forty
3 Write the word
So 40 is forty.
= forty
Careful!
Four has a u.
Forty does not.
Careful: not fourty ✗
4 Check
We read it back.
Forty is 40.
Yes!
It works.
forty → 40
Let's look back.
First: split into tens and ones.
Then: say each part.
Then: write the word.
Last: check.
Answer
= forty