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Read the following number:
9, 76, 987
A.Ninety lakhs seventy-six thousand nine hundred eighty-seven
B.Nine lakhs seventy-six thousand nine hundred seventy-eight
C.Nine lakhs eighty-six thousand nine hundred eighty-seven
D.None of the above

Answer
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Hint: Look at the digits of given number from last digit and move on up to the first digit.
Now, looking at the position of the first digit, decide the place of the first digit.
Similarly, repeat the same steps with all digits and decide the word form of number given.

Complete step-by-step answer:
The number given here is 9, 76, 987. Now, looking at the digits of the number, we have to decide the place of all digits.
Thus, the given number 9, 76, 987 is read as nine lakhs seventy-six thousand nine hundred eighty-seven. No option is given as the actual answer.
So (D) None of the above is the correct option.
Note:As we studied , we always have to see any number from its last digit to know about the position of the digits. For example, we take the above question, the last digit is 7, so it’s place will be unit place. Similarly, 8 is at tenth’s place, 9 is as hundred’s place, 6 is at thousand’s place, 7 is at ten thousand’s place and 9 will be at lakh’s place.
Thus, we read the number 9, 76, 987 as nine lakhs seventy-six thousand nine hundred eighty-seven.
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