Astudent read 3 000 146 as "three thousand one hundred forty-six." how do you explain the students error

The digit 3 is in the millions place value, hence it is worth three million, not three thousand.
Therefore, 3,000,146 should be read as three million, one hundred and forty-six, and NOT three thousand, one hundred and forty-six.
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