Write the following as a number: twenty five billion, five hundred million, four dollars.

$25,500,000,004

To write the given amount as a number, follow these steps:

1. Start by converting "twenty-five billion" to numerical form. The word "billion" represents 1,000,000,000 (one billion). So, for twenty-five billion, write down 25 followed by nine zeros: 25,000,000,000.

2. Next, convert "five hundred million" to numerical form. The word "million" represents 1,000,000 (one million), so write down 500 followed by six zeros: 500,000,000.

3. Finally, add the last part "four dollars" as a decimal fraction. Since there are four dollars, write it as ".04" (four cents) because one dollar is equal to 100 cents.

Now, combine all the parts together:

$25,500,000,004.04