There is six in the thousandths place.. so it's six thousand, there's nothing in the hundredths place, so we just ignore it, there's ten here, one ten, so that's six thousand.. ten two.. but that doesnt sound right, that's not how we say numbers in english and then this is a bit of a inconsistent pattern.. so it's six thousand and twelve. so, hopefully you have a sense of that, so i'm gonna challenge you... what i want you to do is count.. i want you to write the numbers down, and say them out loud from five thousand nine hundered and ninety eight, to six thousand and twelve. so you keep going up one, up one till you get to six thousand twelve and it might seem that you have to go a long way but you're not that far so pause now, and try it yourself. and now i'm gonna assume that you've paused and restarted and i'm gonna tell you how to do it. so let's see.. we're gonna start and five thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine, and keep going up until we get to six thousand and twelve. 