Numerals: how to read and understand?

Question

Please, help me to puzzle it out:)I've read the sentense in the text about school:"There are about one 600 pupils". The author writes how large the school is.I understand the meaning of the phrase, but don't know how to read and understand "one 600 pupils" - does it mean "one thousand and six hundred"? Thank you!

Answer 1

There is most likely an error in this sentence because the phrase "one 600 pupils" doesn't make sense. No wonder it puzzled you. The writer may have wanted to say, "There are about 600 pupils..." If one wanted to write 1600 pupils, one would write:

There are one thousand six hundred students in this school.

I hope this is helpful.