ordinal numbers
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ORDINAL NUMBERS
1st FIRST
2nd SECOND
3rd THIRD
4th FOURTH5th FIFTH6th SIXTH
7th SEVENTH8th EIGHTH9th NINTH
10th TENTH
11th ELEVENTH12th TWELFTH
13th THIRTEENTH14th FOURTEENTH
15th FIFTEENTH16th SIXTEENTH
17th SEVENTEENTH18th EIGHTEENTH19th NINETEENTH
20th TWENTIETH21st TWENTY-FIRST
22nd TWENTY-SECOND23rd TWENTY-THIRD
24th TWENTY-FOURTH(…)
30th THIRTIETH40th FORTIETH50th FIFTIETH60th SIXTIETH
70th SEVENTIETH80th EIGHTIETH90th NINETIETH
100th ONE HUNDREDTH1000th ONE THOUSANDTH
(…)
We use ordinal numbers:
FOR DATES:20th September 2012
(the twentieth of September twenty-twelve)
FOR MOST FRACTIONS:
½ A HALF1/3 A THIRD
¼ A QUARTER1/5 A FIFTH
FOR MOST FRACTIONS:
1/10 A TENTH1/100 A HUNDREDTH
3/1000 THREE THOUSANDTHS1/5 A FIFTH