Six Steps to Write a Check for $8,042.12 (US dollars)
A check is a written, dated and signed document that instructs the bank to pay a certain total amount of money to the bearer. The entity who writes the check is called the payor (or drawer), while the one to whom the check is written is called the payee.
How to Write a Check in Six Steps
1. Date the check
Write the date on the 'Date' line at the top right side of the check. In most cases the current date is being used. Today's date: 07 / 05 / 2024.
2. Payee: who is this check for?
On the line 'Pay to the order of' write the accurate name of the person or the organization you're paying.
3. Write the amount of money to be paid, as a number:
8,042.12
Any amount of money is written out in figures using two decimal places (i.e. $125.50, $200.00, $900.45).
Write it in the payment amount box on the right side of the check, the one having the symbol '$' printed to the left.
Start writing as far over to the left as possible - so no one could change your amount (from 9.50 to 999.50, for example).
4. Write out the amount of money in words, using letters:
Write it on the payment amount line, the one having the word 'DOLLARS' printed to the right.
Use a pen instead of a pencil, which is too easy to alter.
If your writing doesn't take up the whole space, draw a straight line through to the end of the field so no one could edit what you wrote down.
Write out in words only the dollar value - the cents are written numerically, as a fraction.
Choose your preferred form of writing the amount in words on the check out of the ones listed below.
Letter case 1 of 3
$8,042.12 written out in words in:
lowercase
all lowercase letters:
eight thousand forty-two and 12/100
Letter case 2 of 3
$8,042.12 SPELLED OUT IN:
UPPERCASE
ALL UPPERCASE LETTERS:
EIGHT THOUSAND FORTY-TWO AND 12/100
Letter case 3 of 3
$8,042.12 Converted to words written in:
Title Case * (note below)
Capital Letters at the Beginning of the Main Words:
Eight Thousand Forty-Two and 12/100
5. Write a brief note about the payment
Write a short note about the payment you make on the 'Memo' line, what does the payment represent.
6. Sign the check
Without your signature the check couldn't be processed. Sign on the line at the bottom right side of the check.
Important Notes:
If you make an error, just write 'void' on the check and start writing a new one.
When writing your check, use printing instead of cursive, if possible - it's easier to read.
Do not post-date or pre-date the check, use the actual date.
When writing out the value of the check in words, the word 'and' goes where the decimal point is.
To avoid nonsufficient funds fees, overdraft fees or check fraud charges, make sure you have enough funds in your account to cover the check.
Notes on the Letter Cases used to write out in words the number above:
- 1: Lowercase: only lowercase letters are used. Example: 'seventy-six and two tenths'.
- 2: Uppercase: only uppercase letters are used. Example: 'SEVENTY-SIX AND TWO TENTHS'.
- 3. Title Case: the first letters of the words are capitalized, except for certain short words, such as articles, conjunctions and short prepositions, 'a', 'an', 'the', 'and', 'but', 'for', 'at', 'by', 'to', 'or', 'in', etc. Example: 'Seventy-Six and Two Tenths'.
- 4. Sentence case: only the first letter of the first word at the beginning of the sentence is capitalized. Example: 'Seventy-six and two tenths'.
- 5. Start Case: the first letter of each word is capitalized without any exception. Example: 'Seventy-Six And Two Tenths'.
- 6. Camel Case: text has no spaces nor punctuation and the first letter of each word is capitalized except for the very first letter in the series. Example: 'seventySixAndTwoTenths'.
- 7. Hyphen Case: text has no spaces nor punctuation and the words are delimited by hyphen. Example: 'seventy-six-and-two-tenths'. Hyphen Case can be lowercase or uppercase.
- 8. Snake Case: text has no spaces nor punctuation and the words are delimited by underscore. Example: 'seventy_six_and_two_tenths'. Snake Case can be lowercase or uppercase.
General Notes on Writing Out Numbers:
- 1: It's correct to hyphenate all compound numbers from twenty-one (21) through ninety-nine (99). The hyphen is the minus sign, as in 'thirty-four' (34).
- 2: In American English, unlike British English, when writing out natural numbers of three or more digits, the word 'and' is not used after 'hundred' or 'thousand': so it is 'one thousand two hundred thirty-four' and not 'one thousand two hundred and thirty-four'.
- 3. Use commas when writing in digits numbers above 999: 1,234; 43,290, 1,000,000 etc.
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How to write USD currency amounts of money on checks, using both numerals and words in (US) American English
How to write out amounts of money on checks, both in numbers (digits) and in words in (US) American English? For start let's work with an even amount, without cents. Let's say we have to write a check for $1,567 (US Dollars, USD).
First, write the amount of $1,567 on the check, numerically, in the amount box.
- This box has a $ sign to the left. Write your number in digits: 1,567.00
- Notice the decimal point that separates dollars and cents; you have zero cents so you write .00
- Draw a horizontal line after the amount 1,567.00, that runs from the right of the amount up to the end of the blank space. This is to prevent other people from changing / adding to your amount.
How to write out the integer number 1,567 in words, on the check?
- We need to know the place value of each digit of the number 1,567.
- 1,567 has a 1 in the thousands place, a 5 in the hundreds place, a 6 in the tens place and a 7 in the ones place.
- 1,567 in words is:
- = one thousands (1,000) + five hundreds (500) + six tens (60) + seven ones (7)
- = one thousand + five hundred + sixty + seven
- = one thousand five hundred sixty-seven.
Write out the amount of $1,567 USD in words, on the check.
- Write out $1,567 USD in words on the line which has the currency type written at the end of it (dollars):
- one thousand five hundred sixty-seven and 00/100 (the word "dollars" is already printed).
- Notice the fraction 00/100; when you have zero cents you write after the dollar amount: and 00/100.
- Again, draw a horizontal line after the "00/100" fraction, that runs to the end of the blank space. This is to prevent people from changing / adding to your amount.
Notes:
- 1: Note the hyphen (or the minus sign) in "sixty-seven" above. Technically, it's correct to hyphenate compound numbers between twenty-one, 21, and ninety-nine, 99.
- 2: Placement of word "and": in American English do not use the word "and" after "hundred", "thousand" or "million". So, it is "one million two hundred thirty-four thousand five hundred sixty-seven" and not "one million and two hundred thirty-four thousand and five hundred and sixty-seven", though you may hear a lot of people using the last form, informally.
- 3: The Federal Reserve will not accept checks that are larger than $99,999,999.00 and agencies have been directed to return these checks to the originator. Beginning January 1, 2016. Check-processing equipment at the nation's Federal Reserve banks can't handle checks that big. Checks of more than $99,999,999.00 have to be processed by hand, increasing the risk of theft, fraud and errors, according to the IRS and the Treasury Department.
