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English NumeralsThe A.B.C. of 1.2.3
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Numerals•English number words include : ‣Numerals
‣Words derived from them
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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€
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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
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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
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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"
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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
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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"
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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
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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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