102 is one hundred two or one hundred and two?

[stefani]

Poll to follow.

[Indianamom2]

One hundred two.

[sunshine873]

I will always remember my elementary math teacher telling me that one hundred and two is the same as one hundred plus two. She drilled into us, one hundred two...

[KpbS]

No "and"

[almostamom]

I was taught that you only say "and" when there is a decimal point.
Ex. 102.4 is one hundred two and four tenths.

[kristenk]

I was taught that you only say "and" when there is a decimal point.
Ex. 102.4 is one hundred two and four tenths.

:yeahthat:

[ett]

I was taught that you only say "and" when there is a decimal point.
Ex. 102.4 is one hundred two and four tenths.

That's what I was taught too.

[sariana]

I think I may possibly remember hearing that the and is correct in Britain. Maybe.

How's that for definitive?

I definitely learned "no and." It was a test question in 7th grade. I was one of only a few who got it correct, probably because I am a stickler for grammar. So it was a "math" rule I could remember!

[gcc2k]

No "and". Think about when you write out a check for $102. One hundred two AND no/100. The AND refers to the decimal point like a pp said. (I used to teach 5th grade.)

[Trigglet]

Definitely an 'and' in Britain! It's got me into trouble numerous times over here because I just can't get used to dropping it!

[schrocat]

That explains why I thought there was an "and". It just sounds strange sans "and" to me.

[kozachka]

Definitely an 'and' in Britain! It's got me into trouble numerous times over here because I just can't get used to dropping it!

:yeahthat: Same here.

[mjs64]

Hmm. I say "and" and I grew up in the US, in TX. English phd (almost). Maye it's from the brit lit? Never thought twice about it. Weird.

[rlu]

Jiminy Cricket is going to live to be "a hundred and three" (but he's British, right?)

I always said hundred and two but DH is insistent on hundred two.

eta: nope, Italian, hmmm.

[lmwbasye]

Technically (in the land of mathematics) it's one hundred two. On a math test in the US, the "and" would make your answer wrong.

[roseyloxs]

No "and". Think about when you write out a check for $102. One hundred two AND no/100. The AND refers to the decimal point like a pp said. (I used to teach 5th grade.)

Ahh but when I write a check I write out 'one hundred and two'. I don't believe there is any hard and fast rule that 'and' can only be used with decimals. I voted that both are correct by the way. I think people use 'and' whenever the last number is being spoken as in.. 721,054 would be seven hundred twenty one thousand AND fifty four. Maybe this is a regional thing?


Technically (in the land of mathematics) it's one hundred two. On a math test in the US, the "and" would make your answer wrong.

Technically it would be right and if a teacher marks it wrong then its based on her own set of rules and not math's.
Found a source to back me up: http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57225.html

[klwa]

Correct is without the and. However, I regularly say it wrong.

[jess_g]

I was taught to use the and. I never thought to say it differently.

[TwoBees]

I was taught that you only say "and" when there is a decimal point.
Ex. 102.4 is one hundred two and four tenths.

:yeahthat:

[pastrygirl]

Technically (in the land of mathematics) it's one hundred two. On a math test in the US, the "and" would make your answer wrong.I did not know this! I'm a stickler for grammar, so I'm going to start saying it correctly.

[lfp2n]

Definitely british, I only learned this difference after living here for 18 years when I mis-corrected DDs homework last semester :)

[vonfirmath]

Poll to follow.

This came up on the homeschooling board I follow and it turns out Americans are taught the "and" means a decimal point. But over in UK they say the "And" in these circumstances.

[janine]

I say "and". I did spend quite a bit of time in England but can't say for sure that's why. It just sounds right to me. I say go with the "queen's English"! ha, just kidding.

[hillview]

I was taught that you only say "and" when there is a decimal point.
Ex. 102.4 is one hundred two and four tenths.
:yeahthat:

[gatorsmom]

Interesting. I say both. For 102 I say "one hundred and two." For 102.4 I say "one hundred two and four tenths." If there is no decimal point, I use the and between the hundreds place and tens/ones place. If there is a decimal point, I use "and" for the decimal.

[stefani]

Most interesting. DS (2nd grade) had a math homework last night. He put "one hundred an two" so I told him that it is "and" not "an". He corrected that, but when he showed it to DH, DH told him to erase the "and" because it should be "one hundred two". So DH and I had a "debate" about that.

OK, DH is Caucasian American, born and grew up here, with parents who were born and grew up in the US, too. I am an immigrant with English as my 3rd language. Still....

[Nooknookmom]

I said to myself "A hundred and two" so I voted One hundred and two.

[Momit]

Crazy - I don't think I've ever heard the no "and" rule, and I am normally a grammar nut.

Plus what about that old Foreigner song "Hot blooded, check it and see. I got a fever of a hundred and three..."