Here's a question I asked on your behalf in a forum frequented by speakers of Indian English:
In reply to:

Is this a simple case of a leading zero being omitted, so that 3,50,000 is what would be written elsewhere as 3,050,000? Remember, she is not concerned with what the units are, she is trying to understand how many they are. Thanks.


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