"7457 people" pronunciation

Either would be understood, although in my opinion saying "seventy four hundred" instead of "seven thousand four hundred" sounds much more natural when you don't need to follow it with additional digits. I.e., "seventy four hundred" is very natural to say 7400 but the number 7450 is more likely to be said as "seven thousand four hundred and fifty"

Absolutely do not say “seventy four hundred [and] fifty seven”. Using “hundred” like should really be reserved for cases where there are no ones or tens digits. 7400 can be “seventy four hundred”. 7457 should always be said “seven thousand four hundred [and] fifty seven” unless you’re making a joke using wordplay or something.

I would say seven-thousand four-hundred and fifty-seven, with the "and" reduced to 'n'.

The less "round" your number is (or more precise your need to be), the more likely I am to say it all out If your number is 7400 I'm gonna say "seventy four hundred" If your number is 7450 I'd say "seventy four fifty" If your number is 7451 I'd say "seven thousand, four hundred, and fifty one" I'd never say "seventy four hundred and fifty one"

At a conference you should speak clearly and I think while "most" people would understand both, 7 thousand~ bla bla is much clearer than 74 hundred. I don't think its "less formal".

In that context, yes, as a native speaker I wouldn't question it, and I would understand what you mean. That said, be careful stating a number that way when talking about *money* (specifically); "seventy-four hundred fifty-seven" *could mean $7457, or $7400.57, as the word "cents" is often left off, and the last number *assumed* to be the cents--and use of the word "hundred" would reinforce that understanding (this is not a hard-and-fast rule, just a quirk of the language, at least in American dialects).

Both would be understood, another that would be is seventy-four fifty-seven, i tend to say it like that with numbers in the thousands

Just to note that seventy four hundred …. Etc is more commonly American. Most British people would say the long version e.g. seven thousand, four hundred and fifty seven.

>Is it OK to pronounce it as "seventy four hundred fifty seven people"? Don't do this.

that kind of format is mostly just used for numbers up to 1900 and even then, if it is something technical, the usual method would be to say "one thousand five hundred and fifty seven" (1557). one could say "fifteen hundred" (1500) or if discussing engine capacity or military time or something else where it is common. but most people will find your example very confusing because they don't usually verbalize more complex, unrounded numbers like that.

The first version is much more natural sounding. Most of the time we use "something-hundred" to refer to 4 digit numbers that are between 1100-1900, and normally in those increments of 100. For example, though not entirely common, you could refer to the time 7PM (19:00) as "19 hundred hours".

It can depend on the nationality of who you're speaking to. In American English, it would probably be "Seven thousand four hundred fifty seven" but in British English it's "Seven thousand four hundred **and** fifty seven." I don't think either would say "seventy four hundred fifty seven" because when there are a lot of 'number words' it can be easy to get them confused, so it's best to be clear. The idea is, in the (British) listener's head if you say "seventy four hundred" then they hear "seventy" first, and start memorising the number as 70, then you say "four" and they have to adjust to 74, then you say "hundred" and they have to adjust again to 7,400. If you start with "seven thousand" then it's clear from the very beginning that the number is 7,xxx and they just have to keep listening to fill in the x's. In British English, we would not say "seventy four hundred" at all, but we might use that method up to "ninteteen-hundred" when referring to whole 'hundred' numbers and then after 2000, we would say "two thousand" with any additional numbers added individually.

If I'm writing a cheque, 7,547 would be "seven thousand four hundred and fifty-seven"

"seventy four, fifty seven" or "seven thousand, four hundred and fifty seven" you really only say hundred when there's nothing in the tens and ones places.

Not commonly said but seventy four hundred fifty seven works and will be understood. Nobody really talks like that but it'll be understood

Seven thousand four hundred and fifty-seven people is how I’d say it. (UK)

An unmentioned reason to choose one or the other is how big do you want the number to sound? For most people hearing "thousand" will make them think the number is larger than if they hear "hundred" even if the amount you're describing is exactly the same. If you have 7457 people at an event, and you want it to sound like a lot, you'll probably want to say "seven thousand four hundred fifty seven people". If something bad happened to a group of people, and you want to minimize the impact the number has, then say "seventy four hundred fifty seven people".

I mean you could, but in my opinion it’s quite janky and it would take me a while to figure out what number you’re saying. Stuff like that is more American English, in my experience. Living in the uk I never hear people turn 7500 into “seventy-five hundred”.

I would usually say "seven thousand four hundred fifty seven", or just shorten it all the way to "seventy four fifty seven"

“Seventy four hundred fifty seven” would be very confusing to me (british english speaker), so I would advise against using that personally. In the UK we also tend to say “seven thousand four hundred AND fifty seven” but US english doesn’t seem to follow this rule so you can use the first option you said.

Generally, with that sort of number, it's better to do the full "Seven thousand...", however you aren't bound to it, so consider the point of what you're saying and what you want to go for. If the number isn't all that important, you should be fine getting away with "Seventy four..." (we do the same for years), but if you want to emphasize the number, then absolutely go for the full "Seven thousand". And give each word some space too, if you really want to drive it home

Since other people already provided the right answer, here is how I'd say it: seven hundred tens four hundred five tens half a dozen plus one.

Yes, sounds fine to me.

Thank you guys 

“Seventy four hundred fifty seven people” is confusing and it will not communicate anything to the people you speak with. conversation will stop and you will have to explain yourself.

Technically either is fine, but I've never heard it said the way you're proposing.

Both are fine, I might tweak the second version to “seventy four hundred AND fifty seven people,” but they’re all easily understood by native speakers. But while both are coherent, I agree with others in the comments that the first is clearer.

I think this really depends on how specific you want/need to be. If the exact number 7457 is important, I would say “seven thousand four hundred and fifty-seven.” “About seventy-five hundred” isn’t necessarily informal, but it is much less precise, and formal communication does sometimes require more precision (presenting research, etc.) I typically associate coupling the digits (seventy-four fifty-seven) with numbers that don’t represent a total numerical value (street addresses, phone numbers, etc.)

Neither is wrong, but I would only use “seventy four hundred” if it’s an even 7400. Otherwise I would say “seven thousand four hundred fifty seven.” But depending on what it is, I’d probably just say “seven four five seven” or “seventy four fifty seven”

It's fine, and honestly it's probably recommended. English is one of the few languages where you can do that (that I know of), and it makes four-digit numbers a lot less clunky to say.

I would definitely not say "seventy four hundred, fifty seven". In any context. Also note: this isn't pronunciation. Pronunciation is about the sound of the word, however your question is about which words to use.

Not seeing this at all but depending on my mood I might even say “seven thousand four fifty seven”

You want to be as clear as possible, people would probably understand the other way, but it could be misheard. I would just go with seven thousand four hundred and fifty seven