English numbers

English Numbers

Whole Numbers also known as Cardinal Numbers - used for counting

Symbol

Word

Pronounce It

0

Nought

0

1

One

1

2

Two

2

3

Three

3

4

Four

4

5

Five

5

6

Six

6

7

Seven

7

8

Eight

8

9

Nine

9

10

Ten

10

11

Eleven

11

12

Twelve

12

13

Thirteen

13

14

Fourteen

14

15

Fifteen

15

16

Sixteen

16

17

Seventeen

17

18

Eighteen

18

19

Nineteen

19

20

Twenty

20

21

Twenty-one ...

21

30

Thirty

30

40

Forty

40

50

Fifty

50

60

Sixty

60

70

Seventy

70

80

Eighty

80

90

Ninety

90

100

One hundred

100

101

One hundred and one ...

101

102

One thousand

1,000

1,000,000

One million

1,000,000

1,000,000,000,000

One billion

1,000,000,000,000

 

Ordinal Numbers - used for ranking

In figures

In words

Pronounce It

1st

the first

1st

2nd

the second

2nd

3rd

the third

3rd

4th

the fourth

4th

5th

the fifth

5th

6th

the sixth

6th

7th

the seventh

7th

8th

the eighth

8th

9th

the ninth

9th

10th

the tenth

10th

11th

the eleventh

11th

12th

the twelfth

12th

13th

the thirteenth

13th

14th

the fourteenth

14th

15th

the fifteenth

15th

16th

the sixteenth

16th

17th

the seventeenth

17th

18th

the eighteenth

18th

19th

the nineteenth

19th

20th

the twentieth

20th

21st

the twenty-first

...

22nd

the twenty-second

...

23rd

the twenty-third

...

24th

the twenty-fourth

...

25th

the twenty-fifth

...

26th

the twenty-sixth

...

27th

the twenty-seventh

...

28th

the twenty-eighth

...

29th

the twenty-ninth

...

30th

the thirtieth

30th

40th

the fortieth

40th

50th

the fiftieth

50th

60th

the sixtieth

60th

70th

the seventieth

70th

80th

the eightieth

80th

90th

the ninetieth

90th

100th

the hundredth

100th

101st

the hundred and first

...

1000th

the thousandth

1000th

Ordinal numbers are often used in fractions:-

Fractions

Symbol

Word

Pronounce It

1/8

One eighth

1/8

1/5

One fifth

1/4

One quarter

1/4

3/4

Three quarters

3/4

1/3

One third

1/3

2/3

Two thirds

1/2

One half

1/2

Sums

Symbols

Word (common term in brackets)

Pronounce It

+

Plus (And)

+

-

Minus (Take away)

-

x

Multiplied by (Times)

x

÷

Divided by

÷

=

Equals (Is)

=

.

Point

.

%

Percent

%

(((1 + 6) - 2) x 2) ÷ 2.5=4

One plus six minus two multiplied by two divided by two point five equals four
or
One and six take away two times two divided by two point five is four

1 + 6 - 2 x 2 ÷ 2.5=4

10% 100=10

Ten percent of one hundred equals ten.

10% 100=10

 

What to say


We often say "a" instead of "one".
For example when we have the numbers 100 or 1/2 we say "A hundred" or "A half".

For example:
11/2 - "One and a half."

When pronouncing decimals we use the word point to represent the dot. The numbers following the dot are pronounced separately.

For example:

When you have the number 1.36 we say "One point three six."

 

Interesting Numbers


~ 0 ~

What could possibly be interesting about nothing?

It's the number of ways you can say 0 in English.

 

When we use it

For example:-

0 = oh

after a decimal point

9.02 = "Nine point oh two."

 

in bus or room numbers

Rooom 101 = "Room one oh one."
Bus 602 = "Bus six oh two."

 

in phone numbers

9130472 = "Nine one three oh four seven two."

 

in years

1906 = "Nineteen oh six."

0 = nought

before a decimal point

0.06 = "Nought point oh six."

0 = zero

in temperature

-10°C = "10 degrees below zero."

 

US English for the number

0 = "Zero"

0 = nil

in football

Chelsea 2 Manchester United 0 = "Chelsea two Manchester United nil."

0 = love

in tennis

20 - 0 = "Twenty love."

 

~ 12 ~

The number 12 is often represented as a dozen and the number 6 as a half dozen.

For example:
12 eggs= "A dozen eggs."
6 eggs = "Half a dozen eggs."^