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It's a rather archaic way to say 45. Think of it as five plus forty.
This construction is used in the English nursery rhyme, "Sing a Song of Sixpence":
Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye.
Four and twenty Blackbirds
Baked in a pie.
That is, there were 24 blackbirds baked in the pie.
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What does 40.545 mean in word form?
40.545 in word form is 'Forty point five four five'. NB NOT 'forty point five hundred and forty five'.
What is sixty eight billion and forty five thousand in numbers?
If you mean sixty-eight billion and forty-five thousandths, then it'd be 68,000,000,000.045. If you mean sixty-eight billion forty-five thousands, then it'd be 68,000,045,000.
How do you write forty-five ten-thousand?
If I understand your question correctly:4510,000Do you mean forty-five thousand 45,000
How do you say time one hour and forty five minutes?
One forty five A. M. One forty five P. M. zero one forty five thirteen forty five
Five hundred and forty five thousands in numbers?
545,000 is five hundred forty-five thousand 0.545 is five hundred forty-five thousandths 500.045 is five hundred and forty-five thousandths
