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a student read " 3 000 146 as" three thousand one hundred forty-six." how would you explain the students error

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The student broke the number up into 2 parts, 3,000 and 146. The correct way of saying the number is three million one hundred forty-six
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I'll try answering in a way that makes sense.
the student read the 3 and the 000 together which looked like a thousand, eventhough there should be a comma to divide every three digits. the way it should actually be read is "three million, one hundred forty-six"
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