100,000
natural number
100,000 (one hundred thousand) is the natural number following 99,999 and preceding 100,001. In scientific notation, it is written as 105.
Terms for 100,000
In Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and South Asia, one hundred thousand is called a lakh, and is written as 1,00,000. The Thai, Lao, Khmer and Vietnamese languages also have separate words for this number: แสน, ແສນ, សែន (all saen), and ức respectively. The Malagasy word is hetsy.
In the Netherlands, a 'ton' is a colloquialism for a denomination of 100.000 monetary units. In the guilders period a ton would denote 100.000 guilders. With the introduction of the euro, a ton would come to mean 100.000 euros. Usage is mostly limited to the financial sphere and to the buying and selling of houses. It is not used in official settings because of the ambiguity with the commonly used metric tonne.
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