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English NumeralsThe A.B.C. of 1.2.3


Numerals•English number words include : ‣Numerals

‣Words derived from them


Cardinal numbers0 zero 10 ten

1 one 11 eleven

2 two 12 twelve 20 twenty

3 three 13 thirteen 30 thirty

4 four 14 fourteen 40 forty

5 five 15 fifteen 50 fifty

6 six 16 sixteen 60 sixty

7 seven 17 seventeen 70 seventy

8 eight 18 eighteen 80 eighty

9 nine 19 nineteen 90 ninety


Cardinal numbers

21 twenty-one

25 twenty-five

32 thirty-two

58 fifty-eight

64 sixty-four

79 seventy-nine

83 eighty-three

99 ninety-nine

• For numbers ranging from 21 to 99‣Write the number as two words separated by a hyphen


Cardinal numbers

100 one hundred

200 two hundred

… …

900 nine hundred

• Hundreds ‣ The word hundred remains in its singular form regardless of the number

preceding it

‣One may say «hundreds of people sang»

‣Or «hundreds of cranes fly above Ussac»

• And so too are the thousands...


Cardinal numbers1 one thousand

2 two thousand

10 ten thousand

11 eleven thousand

20 twenty thousand

21 twenty-one thousand

30 thirty thousand

85 eighty-five thousand

100 one hundred thousand

999 nine hundred and ninety-nine (British English) nine hundred ninety-nine thousand (American English)

1,000,000 one million

• Thousands


Cardinal numbers•Pronounciation ‣ Americans pronounce four-digit numbers as pairs of two-digit

numbers without saying "hundred" and inserting "oh" for zero tens : ➡ "twenty-six fifty-nine » 2659

➡ "forty-one oh five » 4105

‣ It is avoided for numbers less than 2500 if the context may mean confusion with time of day : ➡ "ten ten" 1010 is not 10:10 AM

➡ "twelve oh four" 1204 is not 12:04 PM


Cardinal numbersCommon British Common American Common British

"How many marbles do you have?" "What is your house number?" "Which bus goes to the high

street?"

101 "A hundred and one." "One-oh-one."

109 "A hundred and nine." "One-oh-nine." "One-oh-nine."

110 "A hundred and ten." "One-ten." "One-one-oh."

117 "A hundred and seventeen." "One-seventeen." "One-one-seven."

120 "A hundred and twenty." "One-twenty." "One-two-oh", "One-two-zero."

152 "A hundred and fifty-two." "One-fifty-two." "One-five-two."

208 "Two hundred and eight." "Two-oh-eight." "Two-oh-eight."

334 "Three hundred and thirty-four." "Three-thirty-four." "Three-three-four."


Numbers names - 0•A few numbers have special names (in addition to their regular names):

‣ zero : formal scientific usage

‣ naught : mostly British usage

‣ oh: used when spelling numbers (like telephone, bank account) Oh-five-five-five = 0555

‣ nil: in sport scores, British usage Wales 3-0 Scotland ➡ «The score is three–nil»

‣ nothing: in sport scores, American usage Boston Celtics 2-0 Chicago Bulls ➡ «The score is two to nothing»

‣ null: used technically. ➡ «The sum is null».

‣ zilch : used informally ➡ «I know zilch ! », « You get zilch ! » American usage


Numbers names - 1

‣ ace : In tennis or golf, success with one stroke

‣ birdie : in golf denotes one stroke less than par

‣ bogey : one stroke more than par

‣ a unit : Technical

‣Unity : In mathematics


Numbers names - 2‣ couple

‣ brace : from Old French "arms" (the plural of arm)

‣ pair

‣ deuce : the face of a die or playing card with two dots

‣ eagle : In golf denotes two strokes less than par


Numbers names - 3‣ trey : the face of a die or playing card with three dots

‣ trio

‣ trips : three-of-a-kind in a poker hand.

‣ albatross : In golf denotes three strokes less than par. Sometimes called double eagle


Numbers names - 4‣ cater : The face of a die or playing card with four pips

‣ quartet : In music, a four musicians group

‣ condor : in golf denotes four strokes less than par


Misc. names‣ 10 : a metric dozen

‣ 11 : a banker's dozen

‣ 12 : a dozen (first power of the duodecimal base), used mostly in commerce

‣ 13 : a baker's dozen

‣ 144 : a gross (a dozen dozens, second power of the duodecimal base), used mostly in commerce

‣ 1000 : a grand, a grand can also be shortened to « G »

‣ 1000 : a K, originally from the abbreviation of kilo ex : this costs 30 K€


Sport Scores•Combinations of numbers in most sports scores are read

as in the following examples: ‣ 1–0

➡British English : one nil

➡American English : one-nothing, one-zip, or one-zero

‣ 0–0 ➡British English : nil-nil

➡American English : zero-zero or nothing-nothing

‣ 2–2 ➡British English : two-two or two all

➡American English : also twos, two to two


Multiplicative numbers

one time oncetwo times x2 twice x2 twofold x2

three times x3 thrice x3 threefold x3

• Multiplicative numbers expresses how many times something happens


Negative numbers

-5 minus five

-49 minus forty-nine

-2.5 minus two and a half

• A negative number is the corresponding positive number preceded by "minus"


Ordinal numbersYear common pronunciation Alternative methods

1 BC (The year) One Before Christ (BC) 1 before the Common era (BCE) Anno Domini (AD)

1000 One thousand Ten hundred 1K

1900 Nineteen hundred One thousand, nine hundred

1901 Nineteen oh-one Nineteen hundred (and) one

1999 Nineteen ninety-nine Nineteen hundred (and) ninety-nine

2000 Two thousand Twenty hundred Y2K

2001 Two thousand (and) one Twenty oh-one

2010 Two thousand (and) ten Twenty ten


Ordinal numbers21st twenty-first

25th twenty-fifth

32nd thirty-second

58th fifty-eighth

64th sixty-fourth

79th seventy-ninth

83rd eighty-third

99th ninety-ninth

If it doesn't end with :•st "first" •nd "second" •rd "third"

It ends with "th"


Fractions1/10 or 0.1 one tenth2/10 or 0.2 two tenths

1/4 one quarter or one fourth (US)3/10 or 0.3 three tenths

1/3 one third4/10 or 0.4 four tenths

1/2 one half5/10 five tenths

6/10 or 0.6 six tenths2/3 two thirds

7/10 or 0.7 seven tenths3/4 three quarters or three fourths (US)

8/10 or 0.8 eight tenths9/10 or 0.9 nine tenths


Digits or Words ?‣ The numbers zero to nine inclusive should be "written out

➡Example: "I have two apples." (Preferred)

➡Example: "I have 2 apples."

‣ After "nine", one can head straight back into the 10, 11, 12 ➡Example: "I have 28 grapes." (Preferred)

➡Example: "I have twenty-eight grapes."

‣Write out any number that can be expressed as one or two words ➡ "There are six million dogs." (Preferred)

➡ "There are 6,000,000 dogs."

➡ "That is one hundred twenty-five oranges."

➡ "That is 125 oranges." (Preferred)

‣Numbers at the beginning of a sentence should also be written out.

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