How do i say the following (sorry I don't know how to get hiragana on a
computer im just going to use romaji)

Ken-san read 100 pages of a book.  
Ken-san read a 100 page book (a book that has 100 pages).  
Ken-san read a 100 books (100 individiual books).

I'm thinking that it'll go something like Kensan wa hon no hyaku peeji o
yomimasu for the first one, with the second one being ken-san wa hyaku peeji
no hon o yomimasu, and the third is just kensan wa hyakusatsu (?) hon o
yomimasu
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DIfferences when using counters
The first one, "hon no hyaku peeji o yomimasu", means "read page 100 of the
book". "Read 100 pages of a book" is "hon o hyaku peeji yomimasu/hyaku peeji
hon o yomimasu" (counters with no particle can either precede or follow nouns,
and it's generally more natural for the counter to follow than to precede.)

The others are correct. Hyakusatsu doesn't need a particle in this case.
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First of all, you are talking about the sentences in the past tense, so you
have to say _yomima **shita**_ instead of _yomima **su**_.

> (1)  
>  (1E) Ken-san read 100 pages of the book.  
>  (1J) Kensan wa hon no hyaku peeji o yomimashita.

Answer for (1):

  * (1J-1) ケンさんは本{ほん}の100ページを読｛よ｝みました。
  * (1J-2) ケンさんは本{ほん}の100ページ目｛め｝を読｛よ｝みました。
  * (1E-2) _Ken-san read the 100th page of the book._
  * (1J-3) ケンさんは本{ほん}を100ページ読｛よ｝みました。
  * (1J-4) ケンさんは **その** 本{ほん}を100ページ読｛よ｝みました。

(1J) could be written as (1J-1) with _hiragana_ s and _kanji_ s.  
(1J) is not correct because it sounds like (1J-2) or (1E-2). The correct
sentence in Japanese for (1E) is like (1J-3). As " **the** book" is used in
(1E), (1J-4) is better than (1J-3).

> (2)  
>  (2E) Ken-san read a 100 page book.  
>  (2J) ken-san wa hyaku peeji no hon o yomimashita.

Answer for (2):

  * (2J-1) ケンさんは100ページの本{ほん}を読｛よ｝みました。

(2J) could be written as (2J-1) with _hiragana_ s and _kanji_ s.  
(2J) is correct.

> (3)  
>  (3E) Ken-san read a 100 books.  
>  (3J) kensan wa hyakusatsu hon o yomimashita.

Answer for (3):

  * (3J-1) ケンさんは100冊｛さつ｝本を読｛よ｝みました。
  * (3J-2) ケンさんは本{ほん}を100冊｛さつ｝読｛よ｝みました。

(3J) could be written as (3J-1) with _hiragana_ s and _kanji_ s.  
(3J) is correct. By the way, I usually say like (3J-2) for (3E).

# BONUS for advanced learners

> (bonus-e) Ken-san reads a 100 page book.  
>  (bonus-j1) ken-san wa hyaku peeji no hon o yomimasu.  
>  (bonus-j2) ケンさんは100ページの本{ほん}を読｛よ｝みます。

(bonus-j1) and (bonus-j2) are sentences in the present tense of ones written
in (2).

They have different meanings from (bonus-e) as follows.

  * (bonus-j3) ケンさんは毎日｛まいにち｝100ページの本｛ほん｝を読｛よ｝みます。 _It is Ken-san's custom to read a hundred page book everyday._ or _Ken-san reads a hundred page book everyday._
  * (bonus-j4) ケンさんはこれから100ページの本｛ほん｝を読｛よ｝もうとしています。 _Ken-san is going to read a hundred page book._
  * (bonus-j5) ケンさんは100ページの本｛ほん｝を好｛この｝んで読｛よ｝みます。 _Ken-san prefers to read a hundred page book._ or _Ken-san reads only a hundred page book._

The interpretation of (bonus-J5) may sound strange, but syntactically, it is
the same as "ケンさんは探偵小説｛たんていしょうせつ｝を読｛よ｝みます。 _Ken-san prefers to read detective
stories_ " or "ケンさんは旅行雑誌{りょこうざっし}を読｛よ｝みます。 _Ken-san prefers to read travel
magazines_ ", so it is not strange.
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