IN MATH: 1. n. 100; ; ten tens. EX. I'll give you one hundred dollars for that bike. EX. How many hundreds are there in 423? [The answer is 4.] 2. n. the name of the place three places to the left of the decimal point in a decimal number.

IN ENGLISH:LISH: 1. as defined above.

APPLICATION: (see list 10)

1. Name the digit in the hundreds place in the number 43,825.

2. How many hundreds are in 43,825?

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