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1. This document provides information on writing out numbers in English, including cardinal and ordinal numbers, fractions, decimals, and numbers in tables. It explains how to write out numbers over 20 using hyphens, numbers over 100 using "and", and large numbers using commas. Exceptions for numbers like 1/2, dates, and Roman numerals are also outlined.

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1 Numbers

1. This document provides information on writing out numbers in English, including cardinal and ordinal numbers, fractions, decimals, and numbers in tables. It explains how to write out numbers over 20 using hyphens, numbers over 100 using "and", and large numbers using commas. Exceptions for numbers like 1/2, dates, and Roman numerals are also outlined.

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THE NUMBERS IN ENGLISH Use a hyphen between compound numbers


1.1. Cardinal numbers and the word and.

Cardinal numbers say how many people or Use either the definite article a or one for
things there are. 1,000.

Examples: Separate three digits with a comma (,) →


50,000.
 There are five books on the desk.

 Ron is ten years old. Number Word

1.1.1. Numbers bigger than 20


a/one thousand and one
1,121
Use a hyphen between compound numbers. hundred and twenty-one

Number Word
two thousand and three
2,356
hundred and fifty-six
21 twenty-one
nine thousand and nine
9,999
55 fifty-five hundred and ninety-nine

99 ninety-nine three hundred and five


305,234 thousand and two
hundred and thirty-four
1.1.2. Numbers bigger than 100

Use a hyphen between compound numbers In American English and is mostly not used.
and the word and.
1.1.4. The number 0
Use either the definite article a or one for There are different words for the number 0.
100.
Word Explanation Example
Number Word

single digits 67890


121 a/one hundred and twenty-one (telephone six - seven -
oh
numbers, eight - nine
codes) - oh
356 three hundred and fifty-six

-5 °C
999 nine hundred and ninety-nine measurements five degrees
zero
(temperature) Celsius
below zero
In American English and is mostly not used.

figure 0 in 5-5=0
nought British Five minus five
English* leaves nought.

1.1.3.Numbers bigger than 1,000


Word Explanation Example Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers

The match 12 twelve 12th twelfth


ended 2 - 0.
nil results in sport
The match
ended two - nil. 20 twenty 20th twentieth

40 - 0
love tennis
forty - love
Ordinal numbers
* In American English zero is used.
21st twenty-first
1.1.5. Year

see: The date and the year in English 22nd twenty-second

1.2. Ordinal numbers


23rd twenty-third
Add th to the cardinal number to form the
ordinal number: six → sixth 24th twenty-fourth

Add the last two letters of the written


word to the figure. → 4th 25th twenty-fifth

Numbers in words: The ordinal numbers 26th twenty-sixth


1st → first, 2nd → second and 3rd →
third are irregular. Be careful with the spelling
27th twenty-seventh
of the words for 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th and the
words ending in -y.
28th twenty-eighth
Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers
29th twenty-ninth
1 one 1st first
30th thirtieth
2 two 2nd second
31st thirty-first
3 three 3rd third
1.3. Fractions and decimals
5 five 5th fifth 1.3.1. Fractions

Use the ordinal number for


8 eight 8th eighth the denominator:

9 nine 9th ninth  1/3 → one third

 2 3/5 → two and three fifths


Exceptions: Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers

 1/2 → one half


9 nine 9th ninth
 1/4 → one quarter
1.3.2. Decimals 10 ten 10th tenth
Use the cardinal number for decimals:
11 eleven 11th eleventh
 3.8 → three point eight

 4.25 → four point two five 12 twelve 12th twelfth

1.4. Roman numbers


13 thirteen 13th thirteenth
Roman numbers are seldom used. They are
used for the names of kings and queens. Use
14 fourteen 14th fourteenth
the ordinal number:

 Elisabeth II → Elisabeth the Second 15 fifteen 15th fifteenth


 Louis XIV → Louis the Fourteenth
16 sixteen 16th sixteenth
2. The numbers in a table
Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers seventee seventeent
17 17th
n h

oh, zero,
0 nil, love, --- 18 eighteen 18th eighteenth
nought
19 nineteen 19th nineteenth
1 one 1st first
20 twenty 20th twentieth
2 two 2nd second
twenty- twenty-
21 21st
3 three 3rd third one first

4 four 4th fourth twenty- 22n twenty-


22
two d second

5 five 5th fifth


twenty- twenty-
23 23rd
three third
6 six 6th sixth

twenty- twenty-
7 seven 7th seventh 24 24th
four fourth

8 eight 8th eighth 25 twenty- 25th twenty-


Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers

five fifth a/one


100,000 hundred
thousand
twenty- twenty-
26 26th
six sixth
a/one
1,000,000
million
twenty- twenty-
27 27th
seven seventh
1,000,000,00 a/one
0 billion
twenty- twenty-
28 28th
eight eighth

twenty- twenty-
29 29th
nine ninth

30 thirty 30th thirtieth

thirty-
31 31st thirty-first
one

40 forty

50 fifty

60 sixty

70 seventy

80 eighty

90 ninety

a/one
100
hundred

a/one
1,000
thousand

ten
10,000
thousand

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