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Well this is how I was learned it draw a line put the place values in order under it put the numbers in the correct place on the line and then see if he/she can understand that way.sorry that's all I have.

I guess have blanks like, __hundred-thousands __ten-thousands __ thousand __hundred __tens __ones. Then go backwards from the end and say, there are nine ones, seven tens (or one seventy) no hundreds, fifty ten-thousands, and nine hundred-thousands.

I guess that's why you see numbers written like, "nine (9)". Maybe a lot of people have trouble reading word versions of numbers.