Numbers in English

[ccosta]

Hello!

I'm an ESL teacher and this week my students asked me about the use of numbers in English to talk about years and money. I mentioned as an example the year of 1996, telling that in English we say the numbers in pairs (nineteen ninety-six instead of one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-six). Some of them asked me if this "one thousand version" is not possible and if this version is used to talk about money, for example "You have $1.996 in the bank." I do not know the answer to these questions and would be very grateful if you could help me.

Thanks,
Carollina

[Alan]

$1,996

BrE: "One thousand, nine hundred and ninety-six pounds.
AmE: "Nineteen hundred ..."