How to read numbers in English

Money , fraction , Decimals , percentage , Dates , phone numbers

1one

2two

3three

4four

5five

6six

7seven

8eight

9nine

10ten

11eleven

12twelve

13thirteen

14fourteen

15fifteen

16sixteen

17seventeen

18eighteen

19nineteen

20twenty

21twenty-

one

22twenty-

two

23twenty-

three

24twenty-

four

25twenty-

five

26twenty-

six

27twenty-seven

28twenty-

eight

29twenty-

nine

30thirty

31thirty-

one

32thirty-

two

33thirty-three

34thirty-four

35thirty-

five

36thirty-

six

37thirty-seven

38thirty-eight

39thirty-nine

40forty

41forty-one

42forty-two

43forty-three

44forty-four

45forty-five

46forty-

six

47forty-seven

48forty-eight

49forty-nine

50fifty

51fifty-one

52fifty-two

53fifty-three

54fifty-four

55fifty-five

56fifty-six

57fifty-seven

58fifty-eight

59fifty-nine

60sixty

61sixty-one

62sixty-two

63sixty-three

64sixty-four

65sixty-five

66sixty-

six

67sixty-seven

68sixty-eight

69sixty-nine

70seventy

71seventy-

one

72seventy-

two

73seventy-

three

74seventy-

four

75seventy-

five

76seventy-

six

77seventy-

seven

78seventy-

eight

79seventy-

nine

80eighty

81eighty-

one

82eighty-

two

83eighty-three

84eighty-

four

85eighty-

five

86eighty-

six

87eighty-seven

88eighty-eight

89eighty-

nine

90ninety

91ninety-

one

92ninety-

two

93ninety-three

94ninety-

four

95ninety-

five

96ninety-

six

97ninety-seven

98ninety-eight

99ninety-

nine

100one

hundred

Hundreds , Thousands and Millions

HundredsUse 100 always with 'a' or 'one'.

100 - a hundred / one hundredonly stand at the beginning of a number.

100 - a hundred / one hundred 2,100 - two thousand, one hundred

Thousands and Millions

Use 1,000 and 1,000,000 always with 'a' or 'one'.

1,000 - a thousand / one thousand 201,000 - two hundred and one thousand

Use commas as a separator.

57,458,302

Singular or Plural?

• Numbers are usually written in singular.

two hundred Euros several thousand light years

• The plural is only used with dozen,  hundred, thousand, million, billion, if they are not modified by another number or expression (e.g. a few / several).

hundreds of Euros thousands of light years

 

 

 

• Fifteen • Fifty • Four hundred and six • Seventy – two • A hundred and twenty – eight • Ninety • Nineteen • Eight hundred and fifty • Thirty – six • One thousand five hundred and twenty• Two hundred and forty – seven • Five thousand • One hundred thousand • Two million

• Money :

• $ : dollar , P : pence , € : euros , ¥ : yen , £ : pound

• Fractions

Read the top number as a cardinal number, followed by the ordinal number + ‘s’

3/8=>three eighths

NOTE: ¼ =>one quarter, 2/3 => two thirds, ½ one half

cardinal numbers , ordinal numbers Cardinal Numbers :• A Cardinal Number is a number that says how many

of something there are, such as one, two, three, four, five.

• A Cardinal Number answers the question "How Many?"

• How to remember: "Cardinal is Counting“

Ordinal Numbers : • An Ordinal Number is a number that tells the

position of something in a list. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th etc.

• How to remember: "Ordinal says what Order things are in".

Cardinal Ordinal1 One 1st First2 Two 2nd Second3 Three 3rd Third4 Four 4th Fourth5 Five 5th Fifth6 Six 6th Sixth7 Seven 7th Seventh8 Eight 8th Eighth9 Nine 9th Ninth

10 Ten 10th Tenth11 Eleven 11th Eleventh12 Twelve 12th Twelfth13 Thirteen 13th Thirteenth14 Fourteen 14th Fourteenth15 Fifteen 15th Fifteenth16 Sixteen 16th Sixteenth17 Seventeen 17th Seventeenth18 Eighteen 18th Eighteenth19 Nineteen 19th Nineteenth

20 Twenty 20th Twentieth21 Twenty one 21st Twenty-first22 Twenty two 22nd Twenty-second23 Twenty three 23rd Twenty-third24 Twenty four 24th Twenty-fourth25 Twenty five 25th Twenty-fifth… … … …30 Thirty 30th Thirtieth31 Thirty one 31th Thirty-first… … … …40 Forty 40th Fortieth50 Fifty 50th Fiftieth60 Sixty 60th Sixtieth70 Seventy 70th Seventieth80 Eighty 80th Eightieth90 Ninety 90th Ninetieth

100 One hundred 100th Hundredth1000 One thousand 1000th Thousandth

• Money : • Four hundred pounds • Fifty pence • Nine euros and forty cents • Forty – seven euros ninety-nine cents • Five thousand yen • One hundred dollars

• Fractions • A quarter • Three quarters • Two thirds • Seven eighths • Twelve and a half

• Decimals

Read decimals as the given number point XYZ

2.36=>two point three six

• Percentages

Read percentages as the number followed by ‘percent’

37%=>thirty - seven percent

Dates Month Short Form

1 January Jan.

2 February Feb.

3 March Mar.

4 April Apr.

5 May May

6 June Jun.

7 July Jul.

8 August Aug.

9 September Sep.

10 October Oct.

11 November Nov.

12 December Dec.

Decimals and percentages :• Six point two • Seventeen point two five • Fifty per cent • Seventy –five point seven per cent • One hundred per cent

Dates : • Nineteen ninety-five • Two thousand and twenty • Seventeen eighty-nine• The fifteenth of July , nineteen ninety-four • Nineteen ninety –four • The thirtieth of October , two thousand and two

• Telephone numbers :

•Oh one eight six five double five six eight nine oh

• Eight hundred four five one seven five four five

•Nine one nine six double seven one three oh three