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English Numbers: Cardinal Numbers

This document provides information about how to write and say numbers in English. It includes: 1) A table listing cardinal numbers from 0 to 100 as well as examples of numbers written out such as one thousand, one hundred. 2) Guidelines for writing numbers between 21 and 99, numbers over 100, and years from 1000 to 1,000,000. 3) Examples of how to say numbers used in dates, flight numbers, telephone numbers, and fractions. 4) Different ways of expressing the number 0 both written and spoken in English.

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English Numbers: Cardinal Numbers

This document provides information about how to write and say numbers in English. It includes: 1) A table listing cardinal numbers from 0 to 100 as well as examples of numbers written out such as one thousand, one hundred. 2) Guidelines for writing numbers between 21 and 99, numbers over 100, and years from 1000 to 1,000,000. 3) Examples of how to say numbers used in dates, flight numbers, telephone numbers, and fractions. 4) Different ways of expressing the number 0 both written and spoken in English.

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English Numbers: Cardinal Numbers

The following table shows the names of numbers. These numbers are sometimes called
cardinal numbers. You can see from the numbers in this table how to form all other
numbers.

Cardinal Numbers /числителни бройни/


0 zero, oh, nought, nil, love,
26 twenty-six
nothing
27 twenty-seven
1 one
28 twenty-eight
2 two
29 twenty-nine
3 three
30 thirty
4 four
40 forty (no "u")
5 five
50 fifty
6 six
60 sixty
7 seven
70 seventy
8 eight
80 eighty
9 nine
90 ninety
10 ten
100 a/one hundred
11 eleven
101 a hundred and one
12 twelve
110 a hundred and ten
13 thirteen
120 a hundred and twenty
14 fourteen
200 two hundred
15 fifteen
1,000 a/one thousand
16 sixteen
1,001 a thousand and one
17 seventeen
1,010 a thousand and ten
18 eighteen
2,000 two thousand
19 nineteen
10,000 ten thousand
20 twenty
11,000 eleven thousand
21 twenty-one
100,000 a/one hundred thousand
22 twenty-two
1,000,000 a/one million
23 twenty-three
2,000,000 two million
24 twenty-four
1,000,000,000 a/one billion
25 twenty-five

Note: In the past British speakers used "billion" to mean a million million.
However, nowdays they usually use it to mean a thousand million (a milliard), like
American speakers.
Expressing Numbers in English

:: If a number is in the range 21 to 99, and the second digit is not zero, we should
write the number as two words separated by a hyphen:
25 twenty-five
57 fifty-seven
89 eighty-nine

:: Numbers over 100 are generally written in figures. However if you want to say
them aloud or want to write them in words rather than figures you put 'and' in front
of the number expressed by the last two figures. For example:
203 two hundred and three (AmE: two hundred three)
622 six hundred and twenty-two (AmE: six hundred twenty-two)

:: Numbers between 1000 and 1,000,000 is usually said or written in words as:
1,803 one thousand, eight hundred and three (AmE: one thousand, eight
hundred three)
1,963 one thousand, nine hundred and sixty-three (AmE: one thousand, nine
hundred sixty-three)
2,840 two thousand, eight hundred and forty (AmE: two thousand, eight
hundred forty)

Four-figure numbers ending in 00 can also be said or written as a number of


hundreds. For example, 1800 can be said or written as "eighteen hundred"

:: If the number 1963 is being used to identify something, it is said as "one nine
six three". We always say each figure separately like this with telephone numbers.
If a telephone number contains a double number, we use the word "double":
561 6603 five six one [pause] double six 'oh' three (AmE: five six
one [pause] six six 'oh' three)

:: Saying years. We normally say a year in two parts. In the case of years ending in
"00", we say the second part in "hundred":
1058 ten fifty-eight
1706 seventeen hundred and six (or 'seventeen oh six')
1865 eighteen sixty-five
1900 nineteen hundred

There are two ways of saying years ending in "01" to "09" before 2000. For
example: "1901" can be said as "nineteen oh one" or "nineteen hundred and
one". The year 2000 is read "two thousand", 2006 "two thousand and
six" (AmE: two thousand six). Post-2010 dates are often said as normal (2010
would be"twenty ten").

:: Flight numbers. We pronounce a flight number in two parts or digit-by-digit. For


example:
110 one ten (or 'one one oh')
1248 twelve forty-eight
2503 twenty-five oh three
3050 three oh five oh (or 'three zero five zero', 'thirty fifty')

:: Expressing millions.
1,412,605 one million four hundred (and) twelve thousand six
hundred (and) five
2,760,300 two million seven hundred (and) sixty thousand three hundred

Remember: The British use 'and' before tens and ones but the Americans usually
leave the 'and' out.

Ways of expressing the number 0

0 = zero
0 = nil in
in football temperatur
es to refer 0 = nought
and other 0 = oh (or
to freezing in
sports, for 0 = oh zero)
point (0° mathemati
scores of 0 0 = love for telephone for flight
Celsius, 0° cs
(AmE: in tennis numbers numbers
Fahrenheit (AmE:zer
zero or
) o)
nothing)

Notes:
1. We use zero to express some numerical values such as temperatures, taxes, and
interest rates.
2. We can pronounce "0" like the letter "o", when we are reading out numbers
figure by figure (e. g. telephone number, flight number, credit card number, etc.)

Fractional numbers /дроби/

British English nought point


five
½ a half 0.5
American English zero point
five
2½ two and a half 2.5 two point five

British English nought point


two five
¼ a quarter 0.25
American English zero point
two five

British English nought point


three quarters
seven five
¾ American English also three 0.75
American English zero point
fourths
seven five

Writing full stops and commas in numbers

Use a full stop (.) to separate the main part of a number from the decimal
part. 3.062 means 'three point nought six two'.

Say point to refer to the full stop. You can use a comma (,) in large numbers to
separate the hundreds, thousands, and millions. 3,062 means 'three thousand and
sixty-two'. In British English, spaces are sometimes used instead of commas (3
062).

Remember: Speakers of some other languages use (,) and (.) in the opposite way -
the commas for the decimals and the points for thousands, millions, etc

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