diff --git a/lingua_franca/lang/parse_en.py b/lingua_franca/lang/parse_en.py
index 58207de..ef0f93d 100644
--- a/lingua_franca/lang/parse_en.py
+++ b/lingua_franca/lang/parse_en.py
@@ -444,7 +444,11 @@ def _extract_whole_number_with_text_en(tokens, short_scale, ordinals):
                 current_val = val
 
         else:
-            if prev_word in _SUMS and word not in _SUMS and current_val >= 10:
+            if all([
+                prev_word in _SUMS,
+                word not in _SUMS,
+                word not in multiplies,
+                current_val >= 10]):
                 # Backtrack - we've got numbers we can't sum.
                 number_words.pop()
                 val = prev_val

diff --git a/test/test_parse.py b/test/test_parse.py
index 01aec52..f5718ae 100644
--- a/test/test_parse.py
+++ b/test/test_parse.py
@@ -123,6 +123,18 @@ class TestNormalize(unittest.TestCase):
                                         short_scale=False), 1e12)
         self.assertEqual(extract_number("this is the billionth test",
                                         short_scale=False), 1e-12)
+
+        # Verify non-power multiples of ten no longer discard
+        # adjacent multipliers
+        self.assertEqual(extract_number("twenty thousand"), 20000)
+        self.assertEqual(extract_number("fifty million"), 50000000)
+
+        # This test fails due to 
+        # self.assertEqual(extract_number("twenty billion three hundred million \
+        #                                 nine hundred fifty thousand six hundred \
+        #                                 seventy five point eight six"),
+        #                                 20300950675.86)
+
         # TODO handle this case
         # self.assertEqual(
         #    extract_number("6 dot six six six"),

Multiples of ten describing other multiples of ten require an intermediary number. I.e "twenty thousand" doesn't work
"twenty thousand" returns "20". The only way I have found to get this sort of situation to work is to add an extra number. "twenty four thousand" properly returns "24000".
test/test_parse.py::TestNormalize::test_extract_number
test/test_parse.py::TestFuzzyMatch::test_match_one test/test_parse.py::TestFuzzyMatch::test_matches test/test_parse.py::TestNormalize::test_articles test/test_parse.py::TestNormalize::test_combinations test/test_parse.py::TestNormalize::test_contractions test/test_parse.py::TestNormalize::test_extract_ambiguous_time_en test/test_parse.py::TestNormalize::test_extract_date_with_may_I_en test/test_parse.py::TestNormalize::test_extract_duration_en test/test_parse.py::TestNormalize::test_extract_relativedatetime_en test/test_parse.py::TestNormalize::test_extractdatetime_en test/test_parse.py::TestNormalize::test_gender test/test_parse.py::TestNormalize::test_multiple_numbers test/test_parse.py::TestNormalize::test_numbers test/test_parse.py::TestNormalize::test_spaces