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Cardinal numbers in English

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There are numbers and numbers in any language, so this topic is not considered difficult to understand. The numerals of each language have their own characteristics, which may not be in the native language. Therefore, while studying this part of speech, it is necessary to remember the names of numbers and numbers, as well as the cases of their correct use.

Numbers in English

In English, there are 10 figures: from 0 to 9. Various combinations of these “numbers” form “numbers”. These ten numbers in English with transcription are as follows:

• 0 — zero / ‘ziərəu /;
• 1 — one / wʌn /;
• 2 — two / tu: /;
• 3 — three / θri: /;
• 4 — four / fɔ: /;
• 5 — five / faiv /;
• 6 — six / siks /;
• 7 — seven / ‘sev (ə) n /;
• 8 — eight / eit /;
• 9 — nine / nain /.

Now let’s see what numbers we can form using numbers.

Cardinal numbers from 1 to 100

As in Russian, in English there are numerals with which we count something. They are called «quantitative» (cardinal numbers), answer the question «how much?»: One — one, two — two. And there are also numbers that are responsible for the order of something when counting. These numbers are called «ordinal numbers» and answer the question «which one?»: First — the first, second — the second.

• We advise you to study the article on ordinal numbers in our blog separately.

These are the numbers you can find in English.

1 — one	13 — thirteen	30 — thirty
2 — two	14 — fourteen	40 — forty
3 — three	15 — fifteen	50 — fifty
4 — four	16 — sixteen	60 — sixty
5 — five	17 — seventeen	70 — seventy
6 — six	18 — eighteen	80 — eighty
7 — seven	19 — nineteen	90 — ninety
8 — eight	20 — twenty	100 — one hundred
9 — nine	21 — twenty-one
10 — ten	22 — twenty-two
11 — eleven	23 — twenty-three
12 — twelve	24 — twenty-four

See how native speaker Ronnie pronounces these numbers in English. Try to repeat after her to get used to the correct pronunciation and stress in these words.

Cardinal numbers in English are:

1. Simple: one (1), three (3), hundred (100), thousand (1000).
2. Derivatives, that is, those that have the suffixes -teen and -ty: seventeen (17), fifty (50).
3. Compounds that include two or more words: eight hundred (800), five hundred and forty-three (543), six thousand, three hundred and ninety-nine (6399).

Cardinal numbers from 100 to

And this is how cardinal numbers over a hundred are formed.

101 — one hundred and one

102 — one hundred and two

200 — two hundred

300 — three hundred

1000 — one thousand

1001 — one thousand and one

1346 — one thousand, three hundred and forty-six

3000 — three thousand

10 — ten thousand

100 000 — one hundred thousand

1 — one million

1 — one milliard (more common in England) and one billion (more common in the USA)

Let’s try to do the impossible and write down such a number in words 1 623 457?

1,623,457 = One million, six hundred and twenty-three thousand, four hundred and fifty-seven.

According to the classical rules of English, when we write numbers in words, then after each «three» digits we must put a comma (1,346 — one thousand, three hundred and forty-six), but in modern English writing may not separate every thousandth place with a comma.

When we write down compound quantitative numbers in digits, then every three digits are separated by a comma: 6,485 or 15,394. But in decimal fractions we use a point — 2.5 or 4.46.

And in the Russian language, everything is quite the opposite: we use the comma with fractions, and the period — in the digits.

Features of the use of cardinal numbers in English

Let’s talk about some of the features of the use of cardinal numbers.

1. Look at the numbers 13 through 19. See the pattern? Yes, these numbers are formed with the suffix -teen from the first ten. Watch out for small spelling changes in 13 (thirteen) and 15 (fifteen). Pronounce these numbers correctly: the stress will be on this suffix -teen.
2. Numbers expressing tens are also formed. We work with the first ten numbers and the -ty suffix. And notice, there is a hyphen between tens and subsequent ones (fifty-five, sixty-three, ninety-one).
3. If you were careful, you must have noticed that the numerals hundred, thousand and million do not have a plural when they are preceded by another numeral: seven hundred, five thousand, nine million. However, if we are talking about some indefinite number and a noun follows the numeral, then the ending -s is possible.

   millions of people

Source: https://engblog.ru/cardinal-numbers

Numeral name in English: Cardinal, Ordinal, Fractions

A numeral name is a part of speech that denotes the number of objects (cardinal numbers), as well as the order of objects when counting (ordinal numbers).

Cardinal numbers

 — zero, o [ou], naught,
1 — one,
2 — two,
3 — three,
4 — four,
5 — five,
6 — six,
7 — seven,
8 — eight,
9 — nine,

10 — ten,
11 — eleven,
12 — twelve,
13 — thirteen,
14 — fourteen,
15 — fifteen,
16 — sixteen,
17 — seventeen,
18 — eighteen,
19 — nineteen,
20 — twenty,
30 — thirty,
40 — forty,
50 — fifty,
60 — sixty,
70 — seventy,
80 — eighty,
90 — ninety,

100 — a / one hundred,
200 — two hundred,
300 — three hundred,

1,000 — a / one thousand;
8,000 — eight thousand;
200,000 — two hundred thousand;

1,000,000 — a / one million;
6,000,000 — six million;

121 — one hundred and twenty one (books);

7,006 — seven thousand and six.

Ordinals

first — first, second — second, third — third, then ordinal numbers are formed from quantitative ones by adding a suffix -th.

fourth — fourth, fifth — fifth, sixth — sixth, seventh — seventh, eighth — eighth, nineth — ninth, tenth — tenth.

End -y when forming an ordinal number from the cardinal number changes to -i and the suffix is ​​added -eth.

Twenty — twentieth — twentieth

forty — fortune — fortieth

Fractional

1/2 — a half
1/3 — a / one third
3/4 — three quarters
2/9 — two ninths
0.25 — zero / nought point two five
2.456 — two point four five six
7.089 — seven point o [ou] eight nine
.7 — point seven.

Source: https://www.study.ru/handbook/imya-chislitelnye

Numerals in English. Numbers and numbers in English

Numbers in English have two functions:

• are responsible for counting objects: indicate the size, quantity;
• indicate the order in which items are counted — sequence.

Are they important; and if important, how much? It is easy not only to imagine, but also to check it yourself. For at least one day, try not to mention the exact information regarding:

• dates, times and deadlines;
• prices;
• telephone numbers and addresses;
• age;
• weights and distances.

Eventually, even talking about the weather gets a lot harder without mentioning temperature: 

— How is it on the street?

— Coldly.

— How cold?

— Colder than yesterday! 

— How cold was it yesterday ?!

— Colder than the day before yesterday !!!

So, without delaying or putting it on the back burner, we get down to numbers and numbers in English.

Cardinal numbers in English

Cardinal numbers, following their name, indicate the number of things (objects). At the same time, they answer the question — «how much?» (how many?).

dragonflies have four wings. — Dragonflies have 4 wings.

The company purchased ninety tons of coal. — The company purchased 90 tons of coal.

Simple numbers in English

They determine the score from 1 to 12.

Numbers in English

The figures — symbols used to write all numbers: whole, fractional, large and small. Without getting into higher mathematics and not counting punctuation marks (period, comma, slash), there are only 10 characters that we operate with for:

• counting: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, etc.;
• designations of quantities: mass, time, temperature, etc.

These are the so-called «Arabic numerals» used in the vast majority of countries in the world to write numbers in the decimal system.

Source: https://englishboost.ru/tsifry-na-anglijskom/

Lesson 25. Ordinal numerals in English. Ordinal numbers in English

Daria SorokinaLinguist-translator, teacher of foreign languages.

In this topic, we will look at how to build an ordinal and give the exact date. There are two types of numerals:

• Quantitative cardinal numerals (denote the number of items), for example, one 1, two 2, three 3 and others;

• Ordinal ordinal numbers (indicate the order of items), for example, first, second, third and others.

Ordinal table (listen)

from 1st to 12th from 13th to 19th from 20th to 90th from 100th onwards

1st first2nd second3rd third4th fourth5th fifth6th sixth7th seventh8th eighth9th ninth10th tenth11th eleventh12th twelfth	13th thirteenth14th fourteenth15th fifteenth16th sixteenth17th seveteenth18th eighteenth19th nineteenth	20th twentieth21st twenty-first etc 30th thirtieth40th fortieth50th fiftieth60th sixtieth70th seventieth80th eightieth90th ninetieth	100th hundredth 101st hundred and first etc 200th two hundredth 500th five hundredth1,000th thousandth1,001st thousand and first etc 1,000,000th millionth

Examine the suggested table.

We’ve divided all the numbers into four columns.

Features of the formation of ordinal numbers

First of all, we study the numbers from 1 to 12. These numbers are formed using the suffix th. We add this suffix to the cardinal, for example, four — the fourth (fourth).

However, pay attention to the first three numbers, which are exceptions, that is, they do not form an ordinal number according to the rule, for example, one — the first (first), two — the second (second), three — the third (third).

We will also highlight the numerals five — the fifth (fifth), twelve — the twelfth (twelfth) as the final voiced sound [v] stunned when adding a suffix th.

Next, we will consider the numbers from 13 to 19, which are also formed according to the rule by adding the suffix th to the cardinal number.

Numerals denoting tens are formed according to the same rule, only it should be noted that cardinal numbers end with the letter y, which always changes to a letter when adding suffixes or endings i+e+th, for example, twenty — the twentieth (twentieth), thirty — the thirtieth (thirtieth).

The numbers of the fourth group from 100 onwards are formed according to the rule, that is, we add the suffix th to hundreds and thousands, for example, hundred — the hundredth (hundredth), two hundred — the two hundredth (two hundredth), three thousand — the three thousandth (three thousandth).

If we have a composite numeral consisting of tens and ones, then we change the last digit, for example, fifty-three — the fifty-third (fifty fifth), one hundred and eighty-four — the one hundred and eighty-fourth (one hundred eighty fourth).

Once again, we note the important points.

• Numbers first, second, third — exceptions (first, second, third);
• Sound changes [v] on [f] (five — the fifth, twelve — the twelfth)
• Letter changes y on ie + th (forty — the fortieth)

Ordinal in English are always used with the definite article the, accordingly, exact dates are also used with the article, for example, the first of June or June the first (first of June).

Let’s remember, if we want to talk about an event that happened on a certain date, then we need to use the preposition before the phrase one; for example, on the first of June (June XNUMXst).

Exercise 1. Form ordinal numbers from cardinal ones.
3, 33, 54, 102, 88, 12, 20, 100, 1, 11.

Exercise 2Exercise 2. What are the dates?
May 12, September 1, December 31, January 7, November 13, March 8.

Exercise 3. Answer the questions.

When is your father’s birthday?

Reply 1.
The third, the thirty-third, the fifty-fourth, the one hundred and second, the eighty-eighth, the twelfth, the twentieth, the hundredth, the first, the eleventh.

Reply 2.
The twelfth of May, the first of September, the-first of December, the thirtyh of January, the thirteenth of November, the eighth of March.

Source: https://linguistpro.net/poryadkovye-chislitelnye-v-anglijskom-yazyke

Numbers in English

As in Russian, numerals in English are divided into quantitative (one, two) and ordinal (first second). Unlike Russian numerals, English ones are not inclined.

The declension of numerals in Russian is a sore subject not only for foreigners learning Russian, but also for us, native speakers. Not everyone will read aloud without errors something like “container with 843 samples” or “supplied 427 kg of material”. Fortunately, everything in English is much easier.

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Recommended video tutorial: “Numbers — Usage and Secrets”.

Cardinal numbers in English

Cardinal numbers answer the question «how much?» and denote the number, number of objects, persons, etc.

One person — One person.

Nine players — Nine players.

Eleven questions — Eleven questions.

Ordinal numbers in English

Ordinal numbers answer the questions “which? which? ”, they are usually preceded by the article thesince ordinal numbers most often serve as definitions for a particular noun.

The first person — The first person.

The ninth playes — Ninth player.

The eleventh question — Eleventh question.

Table of English numbers with translation

There are simple patterns in the formation of numerals, so all numerals fit compactly in one table. Please note, not specified here zero — read about it below.

All numbers are given with «translation» — it is given in the form of numbers and numbers.

Digits, numbersCardinal numberOrdinal number

1	one	first
2	Two	second
3	three	third
4	four	fourth
5	five	fifth
6	six	sixth
7	seven	seventh
8	eight	eighth
9	nine	nineth
10	th	tenth
11	eleven	eleventh
12	twelve	Twelfth
13	thirteen	third
14	fourteen	fourteenth
15	fifteen	fifteenth
16	sixteen	sixteenth
17	seventeen	seventeenth
18	eighteen	eighteenth
19	nineteen	nineteen
20	Twenty	twentieth
21	twenty one	twenty first
22	twenty-two	twenty second
23	twenty three	twenty third
24	twenty-four	twenty-fourth
25	twenty five	twenty-fifth
26	twenty six	twenty-sixth
27	twenty seven	twenty-seventh
28	twenty-eight	twenty-eighth
29	twenty nine	twenty-ninth
30	thirty	thirtytieth
40	forty	fortune
50	fifty	fifteenth
60	sixty	sixtieth
70	seventy	seventieth
80	eighty	eightieth
90	ninety	ninetieth
100	one hundred	hundredth
500	five hundred	five hundredth
1000	one thousand	thousandth
100 000	one hundred thousand	hundred thousandth
1 000 000	one million	millionth

The table lists all the numbers from 1 to 29, then only the names of tens (thirty, forty) are indicated, because the numbers between them (32, 33 39, etc.) are formed according to exactly the same pattern as 21-29 — after the name of the ten the required unit is added with a hyphen: forty-one, forty-two, and so on.

Sound cards with numbers for memorization

With these flashcards, you can not only learn English numbers, but also listen to how they are pronounced.

Cardinal numbers: pronunciation and cards

Recommended video tutorial: “Numbers — Usage and Secrets”.

Features of the use of words hundred, thousand, million

Words hundred, thousand, million used in the singular:

Tho hundredweight.

Twenty thousands.

Oven million.

In the plural, they are used when talking about hundreds (thousands, millions) of something:

Hundreds

Source: https://langformula.ru/english-grammar/numerals/

Cardinal and ordinal numbers in English

You might think that it makes no sense to study numerals in English. Indeed, it is easier to write the necessary numbers on a piece of paper and just show them to an English-speaking friend (and to any other friend who passed the numbers at school).

But what to do if a situation arises when there is no piece of paper at hand or there is no way at all to draw something on the sand / napkin / other surfaces. For example, when you speak to a business partner on the phone or call the automated call center at London Airport.

And in general, knowledge of numbers in English will not be superfluous.

You didn’t think, when you learned the English alphabet, about its need, but you took it for granted. Moreover, this process is simple and interesting.

Numbers in English (quantitative numerators)

• What is easiest to memorize? Rhymed poetry. The British seem to have specially invented numbers that are easy to rhyme. Meaning quantitative numerals. That is, those with which you can count objects. We take numbers from 1 to 12 and memorize simple rhymes:

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
Eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.

We repeat this mantra 10 times and consider that the first stage has been passed.

• The second step is to learn the cardinal numbers from 13 to 19. If we were talking about a person’s age, then many would call people from 13 to 19 years old teenagers. And it is no coincidence. It’s just that at the end of each of these numbers there is the same ending. —teen… And here is the confirmation:

thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen

• Let’s go further? We take dozens. They are very similar to the numbers 13 through 19, but they have an important difference. Instead of a teenage ending, we add –Ty.

Twenty
thirty
forty
fifty
sixty
seventy
eighty
ninety

• Do you think it will be more difficult further? Don’t even hope. How do we speak Russian 21? The same in English:

twenty one

Fine, fine. Have noticed. Yes, a hyphen is placed between ten and one. But otherwise, everything is the same. Take a look:

Thirty-four, fifty-seven, eighty-two.

• Let’s not waste time on trifles. And let’s move on to more impressive numbers.

Hundred — 100
Thousand — 1000
Million — 1000000

If this is not enough for us, then we can make 200 (two hundred) or 3000 (three thousand), or even immediately 5000000 (five million).

It is surprising that the British did not complicate anything here. Note that a hundred, a thousand, a million are not plural. Everything is in one.

• Still, let’s try something more complicated. Let’s look at composite numbers. For example, 387. We place bets, gentlemen, who will pronounce this number how? And now the correct answer is:

three hundred AND eighty-seven.

The only difference from the Russian is the appearance of the union “and” between hundreds and tens.

What about 5234? We place our bets again. Correct answer:

Five thousand two hundred and thirty-four.

Ordinal numerators

• Cardinal numbers did a good job as a warm-up. It’s time to move on to ordinal in English. That is, to those numerals that denote the order of objects: first, second, third twenty-fourth, the calculation is over!

And here one little surprise awaits us. All ordinal numbers are obtained in the same way: the article is simply added to them the front and —th at the end of a word. And all the cases.

the fourth
the fifth
the sixth
the seventh
the eighth
the ninth
tenth
the forty-seventh

But English wouldn’t be so interesting if it weren’t for the exceptions to the rule. And, of course, these exceptions are the most commonly used numerals.

the first
second
the third

Who has not guessed yet, this is the very first, second and third.

• For dessert. A little more theory for the most curious. This is no longer as necessary as knowledge of cardinal and ordinal numbers, but it will help you show yourself to be very educated in the environment of English-speaking interlocutors.

Phone number. How do you say in Russian 155-28-43? Yeah: one hundred fifty five, twenty eight, forty three. And in English you will call each number in turn. And a little nuance: when there are 2 identical digits in a row, you need to say double and name the number. In this example: one double five two eight four three.

Year. For example, 1843. In Russian: one thousand eight hundred and forty-third. That is, as a number, and even ordinal. And the British are not bastard. Their years are pronounced in dozens at once: eighteen forty-three. That is, also numbers, but quantitative, without any –Th.

Rooms.

Source: https://iloveenglish.ru/theory/anglijskaya_grammatika/chislitelnie_kolichestvennie_i_poryadkovie

The Ordinal Numbers in English

As in Russian, in English, numbers are subdivided into cardinal (the Cardinal Numbers) and ordinal (the Ordinal Numbers). Whereas quantitative numbers indicate the number of objects, objects, phenomena, etc.

and answer the question: «How much?», ordinal numbers are characterized by what they call the ordinal number of an object, phenomenon or object in a series of similar objects, objects and phenomena.

Ordinal numbers answer the question: “Which one? / What is the order? » and differ in their form and use from the corresponding cardinal numbers, for example:

numeral	translation	example proposal	translation of an example
quantitative	four	four	We have made only four exercises during the lesson.	We only did four exercises during the lesson.
ordinal	the fourth	fourth	We have made only the fourth exercise during the lesson.	We only did the fourth exercise during the lesson.

The examples given show that the cardinal (four) and ordinal (the fourth) numerals are different in their structure and meaning. After all, the cardinal number showed us how many exercises were done, while the ordinal indicated which exercise was performed.

Formation of ordinal numbers

Despite the differences, ordinal numbers are similar to cardinal numbers, since most ordinal numbers are derived from cardinal numbers by adding the appropriate suffix. Let’s consider ordinal numbers from the very beginning. First three ordinal numbers must be memorized:

numeral	transcription	abbreviated form	translation
the first	[fəːst]	the 1st	first
second	[ˈSɛk (ə) nd]	the 2nd	second
the third	[θəːd]	the 3rd	third

In written speech, it is the abbreviated form that is often used. It is easy to see that ordinal numbers are used in the table and in the examples above with the definite article the… Of course, the article does not refer to the ordinal number itself, but to the noun following it.

However, naming the ordinal number of an object or phenomenon so concretizes it that the use of a definite article before the group of words «ordinal + noun» becomes mandatory.

To avoid mistakes in the use of the article, it is better to memorize ordinal numbers immediately with the definite article.

Let’s go back to the rest of the ordinal numbers. Most ordinal numbers, starting with the word «fourth», are derived from the corresponding cardinal numbers by adding the -th suffix, for example:

cardinal number	ordinal	transcription	abbreviated form	translation
four — 4	the fourth	[fɔːθ]	the 4th	fourth
five — 5.	the fifth	[fɪfθ]	the 5th	fifth
six — 6	the sixth	[sɪksθ]	the 6th	sixth
seven — 7	the seventh	[ˈSɛv (ə) nθ]	the 7th	seventh
eight — 8	the eightth	[eɪtθ]	the 8th	eighth
estatee — 9	the ninth	[ˈNʌɪnθ]	the 9th	ninth
ten — 10	tenth	[tɛnθ]	the 10th	tenth
eleven — 11	the eleventh	[ɪˈlɛv (ə) nθ]	the 11th	eleventh
twelve — 12	the twelfth	[twɛlfθ]	the 12th	twelfth
thirteen — 13	the thirdth	[ˌΘəːˈtiːnθ]	the 13th	thirteenth
fourteen — 14	the fourteenth	[ˌFɔːˈtiːnθ]	the 14th	fourteenth
fifteen — 15	the fifteenth	[fɪfˈtiːnθ]	the 15th	fifteenth
sixteen — 16	the sixteenth	[ˌSɪksˈtiːnθ]	the 16th	sixteenth
seventeen — 17	the seventeenth	[ˌSɛvnˈtiːnθ]	the 17th	seventeenth
eighteen — 18	the eighteenth	[ˌEɪˈtiːnθ]	the 18th	eighteenth
nineteen — 19	the nineteenth	[ˌNʌɪnˈtiːnθ]	the 19th	nineteenth
twenty — 20	the twentieth	[twentiəθ]	the 20th	twentieth

Despite the fact that the ordinal numbers shown in the table are formed according to the rule, some of them have spelling peculiarities, namely:

• in numerals «fifth» — the fifth and «twelfth» — the twelfth the final letter combination was replaced — ve (see the corresponding cardinal number) on —f;
• in the numeral «eighth» — the eighth there was no duplication of consonant — t when adding a suffix, the same consonants of the root and the suffix merged into one;
• in the numeral «ninth» — the ninth vowel disappeared — еpresent in the corresponding cardinal estatee.
• in ordinal numbers denoting even tens, starting with twenty, the letter -y the corresponding cardinal number becomes —ie when adding a suffix —th.

In the future, when forming ordinal numbers from complex quantitative numbers, only the last part of the number is subject to changes, for example:

cardinal number	ordinal	transcription	abbreviated form	translation
twenty-one — 21	the twenty-first	[twentiə fəːst]	the 21st	twenty first
twenty-two — 22	the twenty-second	[twentiə ˈsɛk (ə) nd]	the 22nd	twenty second
twenty-three — 23	the twenty-third	[twentiə θəːd]	the 23rd	twenty third
twenty-four — 24	the twenty-fourth	[twentiə fɔːθ]	the 24th	twenty-fourth
twenty-five — 25	the twenty-fifth	[twentiə fɪfθ]	the 25th	twenty fifth
twenty-six — 26	the twenty-sixth	[twentiə sɪksθ]	the 26th	twenty sixth
thirty — 30	the thirdieth	[‘θəːtiəθ]	the 30th	thirtieth
thirty-one — 31	the thirty-first	[‘θəːtiə fəːst]	the 31st	thirty first
thirty-two — 32	the thirty-second	[‘θəːtiə ˈsɛk (ə) nd]	the 32nd	thirty second
thirty-three — 33	the thirty-third	[‘θəːtiə θəːd]	the 33rd	thirty third
thirty-nine — 39	the thirty-ninth	[‘θəːtiəˈnʌɪnθ]	the 39th	thirty-ninth
forty-six — 46	the forty-sixth	[‘fɔː tiə sɪksθ]	the 46th	forty sixth
fifty-eight — 58	the fifty-eighth	[‘fɪftiə eɪtθ]	the 58th	fifty-eighth
sixty-seven — 67	the sixty-seventh	[‘sɪkstiə ˈsɛv (ə) nθ]	the 67th	sixty seventh
seventy-two — 72	the seventy-second	[‘sɛvntiə ˈsɛk (ə) nd]	the 72nd	seventy-second
eighty-one — 81	the eighty-first	[‘eɪtiə fəːst]	the 81st	eighty-first
ninety-three — 93	the ninetythird	[‘nʌɪntiə θəːd]	the 93rd	ninety third
one hundred — 100	the one hundredth	[wΛn ‘hΛndridθ]	the 100th	hundredth
one hundred and one — 101	the one hundred and first	[wΛn ‘hΛndrid ənd fəːst]	the 101st	one hundred and first
one hundred and fourteen — 114	the one hundred and fourteenth	[wΛn ‘hΛndrid ənd ˌfɔːˈtiːnθ]	the 114th	one hundred and fourteenth
one thousand — 1000	the one thousandth	[wΛn ‘θaυzəndθ]	the 1000th	thousandth

As shown above, if a complex numeral (for example: «twenty-first») contains the words «first», «second» or «third», then they will also be transmitted by ordinal numbers first, second, third, respectively, added to the numeral denoting tens or hundreds.

Features of the use of ordinal numbers in English sentences

An ordinal number is placed before the nouns that they define, while cardinal numbers can come either before or after the noun, although the meanings will be different, for example:

ordinal sentence	cardinal sentence
Open your books on the second

Source: https://1hello.ru/grammatika/poryadkovye-chislitelnye-v-anglijskom-yazyke.html

Numbers in English

It is difficult to meet a person who cannot count to 10 in English, but English numbers greater than ten raise many questions, and many do not fully know how to call them correctly, so they avoid calling large numbers or working with fractions. In this article, I will tell you in great detail (and I will remind someone) what numbers are in English, and how to call numbers in English.

In English, as in Russian, there are two types of numerals: quantitative and ordinal.

Cardinal numbers

Quantitative answers to the question «How much?» and, as their name implies, indicate the quantity:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
one	Two	three	four	five	six	seven	eight	nine	th

This row is familiar to everyone, but I still ask you to pay attention to the pronunciation of the words: three [θriː], so that you have an English sound [θ], not Russian C, but in the words five and seven, try not to deafen the sound [v ]: [faɪv], [ˈsev.ən].

To form numbers second ten (11-19), the suffix -teen is added to simple numbers, but not to all, as there are exceptions (11,12):

11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
eleven	twelve	thirteen	fourteen	fifteen	sixteen	seventeen	eighteen	nineteen

Please also note that in some numbers, when a suffix is ​​added, the spelling changes (thirteen, fifteen, eighteen).

It is important to remember about stress. At transfer or invoice, the stress falls on the first syllable, because all numbers in a row with the same suffix:

thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen,

If you use in speech one numeral, not in a number row, but, for example, with a noun, then the stress falls on the second syllable:

She is thirteen years old. — She is 13 years old.
There are fourteen books. — There are 14 books.

For the formation of numerals denoting dozens of, the suffix -ty is used:

20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90
Twenty	thirty	forty	fifty	sixty	seventy	eighty	ninety

Note the changes in the numbers 20, 40, 50.

Since -teen and -ty have similar pronunciations, it is important pronounce the endings clearly numerals to avoid misunderstanding and distortion of information.

Two-digit numbers are usually hyphenated:

22 — twenty-two
48 — forty eight

For naming hundreds we use the word hundred, and thousand — thousand, and these words are in the singularwhen we know exact amount hundreds and thousands:

100 — one hundred 1000 — one thousand 500 — five hundred

5000 — five thousand

Using the words hundreds and thousands is only possible if we do not know the exact quantities:

Hundreds of books — hundreds of books
Thousands of people — thousands of people

A million in English is million, and a billion is billion. These words are also used in singular with exact number… Hundreds, thousands, millions, and billions can separated by commas for a better perception of the whole number:

1,259,126 — one million two hundred and fifty-nine thousand one hundred twenty-six 6,241,491,960 — six billion two hundred and forty one million, four hundred and ninety-one thousand, nine hundred and sixty millions of people — millions of people

billions of dollars — billions of dollars

Ordinals

These numbers answer the questions “Which one? What is the order?«, Indicate the place of a certain subject in the quantitative series. Ordinal numbers are formed using the -th suffix, which is added in most cardinal numbers, with the exception of three:

1 — one	1st — (the) first
2 — two	2nd — (the) second
3 — three	3rd — (the) third

The ordinal number is preceded by the definite article the if there is no other determinant. Adding -th to numbers is usually straightforward, but there are a few «problematic» numbers that have some spelling changes when -th is added:

5 — five	5th — (the) fifth
8 — eight	8th — (the) eighth
9 — nine	9th — (the) ninth
12 — twelve	12th — (the) twelfth

In addition, in the numbers denoting dozens of, final letter y changes to ie before adding -th:

twenty — twentieth fifty — fiftieth

ninety — ninetieth

Ordinal numbers of two-digit, three-digit, etc. numbers are formed by adding -th to the last numeral:

35th — the thirty-fifth 78th — the seventy-eighth

257th — the two hundred and fifty-seventh

Using the AND conjunction in numerals

Should I or should I not say and? We come across different options and so on to the end and cannot understand when we need the union and in numbers. And it turns out that you say and, then you skip. To clear your mind, consider when and is used in numbers.

And is not used in two-digit numbers less than a hundred:

75 — seventy-five 24 — twenty-four

98 — ninety-eight

And is used after the word hundred, if it is followed by dozens of:

132 — one hundred and thirty two 718 — seven hundred and eighteen

304 — three hundred and four

And is used after the word thousand, if it is followed by dozens of, without hundreds:

1086 — One thousand and eighty six 6007 — Six thousand and seven

4020 — four thousand and twenty

If after the word thousand followed by hundreds (a number greater than one hundred or equal to one hundred), then and not used:

2589 — two thousand five hundred eighty nine 5100 — five thousand one hundred

9634 — nine thousand six hundred thirty four

In American English (AmE) and is often overlooked, so you can see numbers with hundred, thousand without and.

The word and in numerals is always unstressed, and its pronunciation is reduced to [ən], [nd], [n].

And is used when reading common fractions (common fractions or simple fractions):

1 1/2 — one and a half
3 2/3 — three and two thirds

You will learn how to correctly name simple and decimal fractions in the next article.

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The use of numbers in English

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The numeral indicates the number or order of items in the count. In English, numbers are divided by quantitative и ordinal.

Ordinal Numerals

Ordinal numbers are formed by adding a suffix -th to the corresponding cardinal numbers:

four — (the) fourth fourth

seven — (the) seventh seventh

eighteen — (the) eighteenth eighteenth

The exception is the numerals one, two, three:

one — (the) first [fe: st] first

two — (the) second [‘sekond] second

three — (the) third third

When ordinal numbers are formed from the numbers five, eight, nine, twelve, before the suffix -th, the spelling of the stem changes:

five — (the) fifth fifth

eight — (the) eighth eighth

nine — (the) nineth ninth

twelve — (the) Twelfth twelfth

When ordinal numbers are formed from cardinal numbers ending in -ty, the final -y changes to -ie:

twenty — (the) twentieth twentieth

forty — (the) fortieth fortieth

When forming compound ordinal numbers, only the last digit takes the form of an ordinal number:

(the) forty-eighth (the) fifty-third

Nouns defined by ordinal numbers are used with the definite article:

The first mention of Moscow was in 1147. The first mention of Moscow dates back to 1147.

When designating the numbers of rooms, houses, trams, buses, trolleybuses, chapters, paragraphs, clothing and shoe sizes, cardinal numbers can be used instead of ordinal numbers, while the article the is omitted, and the numeral is placed after the noun to which it refers.

Fractional Numerals

In common fractions, the numerator is expressed as a cardinal number, and the denominator as an ordinal:

1 / 7- one seventh one-seventh

When reading simple fractions, if their numerator is greater than one, the plural ending -s is added to the denominator:

2/4 — two fourths — two fourths

2/3 -two thirds — two thirds

3 1/5 — three and one fifth — three wholes and one fifth

1/2 — one second, a second, one half, a half — one second, half

1/4 -one fourth, a fourth, one quarter, a quarter — one fourth, quarter

In Decimal Fractions, the integer is separated by a dot and each digit is read separately. Zero reads nought [no: t] (in the US, zero [‘zierou]).

4.25 four point twenty-five; four point two five

0.43 nought point forty-three; nought-point-four-three

Nouns following a fraction have the singular form, and when reading them, the preposition -of is placed:

2/3 meter- two thirds of a meter two-thirds of a meter

0.05 ton — nought point nought five of a ton zero point five hundredths of a ton

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Numeral in English — rules and summary tables for the formation of numbers

Numeral name in English (The Numeral) is a part of speech used to indicate the number of objects and their order. Accordingly, as in Russian, numbers in English are subdivided into quantitative and ordinal. In addition, according to the method of formation, numerals are divided into simple and compound ones. Further we will dwell on the above in more detail.

 English numerals by educational method

I think there is no great need to explain in detail what a prime and composite number means in English. In order for you to understand the difference between them, it will be sufficient to disassemble the following examples:

five — simple (literally you can understand that it consists of one word);
Forty-four — composite (literally consists of 2 parts);
twenty ten — also compound (consists of 2 words).

Quantitative (Cardinal Numerals)

These are the most commonly used numerals. They indicate the number of items (answer the question how many (How much?)). There are certain rules for the formation of cardinal numbers:

• numbers from 1 to 12 need to be learned by heart, they are unique in their kind;

• numbers from 13 to 19 are formed by adding a suffix -teen;

13 — thirteen
19 — nineteen

• numbers denoting tens are formed by adding a suffix -ty;

• compound cardinal numbers, as in Russian, are combinations of simple numbers.

21 — twenty-one
141 — one hundred and forty-one

Ordinal Numerals

These numbers indicate the order of objects (give an answer to the question which? (which the?)). The rules for the formation of ordinal numbers are quite simple:

the + base of cardinal number + -th (-eth).

The suffix is ​​added to the base of cardinal numbers -th (-eth)which is pronounced [θ] ([iθ]). In addition, the article is usually placed before the ordinal the:

The note. The following ordinal numbers should be remembered, which are not formed according to the rules:

one — the first
two — the second
three — the third

In compound numerals, the ordinal suffix -th is added only to the last word:

457 — the four hundred and fifty-seventh
759 — the seven hundred and fifty-ninth

Number table

Below, I will present to your attention a summary table of the formation of a numeral name in English… It is worth noting that the table is not complete, but reasonable abbreviations are given in places where the method of forming the numerals is identical.

Reading numbers

Compound numbers in English are read in the same way as in Russian:

24 — twenty-four
95 — ninety-five

Between hundreds or thousands and millions and tens or units following them, in the absence of tens, an alliance is established and:

275 — two hundred and seventy-five
641 — six hundred and forty one
5,702 — five thousand eight hundred and one
2,617,237 — two million six hundred and seventeen thousand two hundred and thirty seven

The note. Numerals hundredweight (hundred), thousands (thousand), million (million) plural suffix -s do not accept:

four million
four million.

The following numbers are used with the word one or with the article a:

100 — one hundred or a hundredweight
1,000 — one thousand or a thousands
1,000,000 — one millon or a million

Accordingly, we get:

1,026 — one thousand and twenty-six, a thousand and twenty-six.

Examples of sentences with numbers

For completeness, consider sentences in which a numeral name appears as:

Six hundred and forty thousand people live in Izhevsk.
Lives in Izhevsk 640 thousands people. sixth issue of the magazine was published.
Substitute sixth issue of this magazine Izhevsk was founded in seventeen hundred and sixtieth year.
Izhevsk was founded in 1760-th year.The two

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What are the numerals in English?

So, numeral (the numeral) is a part of speech that denotes the number and order of objects. As in Russian, they are quantitative (cardinal numerals) and ordinal (ordinal numerals).

Cardinal numbers simply indicate how many items we have. They kind of answer the question “How many?”. Ordinal show the serial number of the item and answer the question “which?”.

Compare: I have three cakes. The third is my favorite. — I have three (quantitative) cakes. The third (ordinal) is my favorite.

Cardinal numbers in English

In order to use numbers correctly, we first need to learn the numbers from one to twelve well. It is on them that the entire pyramid of the English account is built.

We will assume that we are familiar with the numbers from 1 to 12. In order to compose a cardinal number in English from 13 to 19, we just need to add a «tail» -teen- to the number from 3 to 9. For example, six (six) + -teen- = sixteen (sixteen). Not very hard, right? The only thing to note is that thirteen in English will be thirteen (three — three).

If we need a digit from 20 to 90, with a multiple of 10 (that is, 30, 40, 50, and so on), then we need a tail -ty-. It works the same way: we take a number from 2 to 9, add -ty- and our new number is ready! For example, six (six) + — ty- = sixty (sixty).

Composite numerals (for example, such as 25, 67, 89 and so on) are formed in the same way as in Russian. Sixty-five = sixty (six + ty) — five. Of course, English would not be English if it did not have a little difficulty in writing numbers. But we hope that the sign will help you figure out what’s what.

Ordinal numbers in English

In order to correctly count the objects, we again need to remember the next «tail». This time it is the -th- suffix. For example, six is ​​sixth, twenty-six is ​​twenty-sixth.

Of course, there are a few rules to follow:

• In compound ordinal numbers in English, the «tail» -th- is attached ONLY to the last word. 147th — one hundred forty-seventh
• Tens with a final vowel -y (ninety) change it to -ie-90 — ninety90th — ninetieth
• We need to remember a few exceptions the first first, the second second, the third third, the fifth fifth, the ninth ninth, the twelfth twelfth

Fractions in English

In order to correctly pronounce a fraction in English, we need to know both ordinal and cardinal numbers. Indeed, in fractions, the numerator is denoted by the cardinal number, and the denominator by the ordinal. The denominator accepts the plural ending -s if the numerator is greater than one.

Example: 1/5 — one fifth, 4/7 — four sevenths, 2 ¼ — two and one fourth / quarter.

These were examples of simple fractions. Well, what if we come across decimal fractions?

Everything is pretty simple here too. The main thing is to remember that in such fractions in English, a point is put (point), not a comma.

Example: 0.5 — zero point five, 43.75 — forty-three point seventy-five

Years in English

Let’s figure out how to correctly name the years in English. You just need to split the four-digit number into two two-digit ones, corresponding to the first two and last two digits of the designation. For example, 1996 — 19 and 96, that is, nineteen ninety-six.

True, since 2001, the years began to be considered as cardinal numbers. That is, 2006 is two thousand (and) six. But after 2010, everything gradually began to return to its origins. So it turns out that 2016 can be read in two ways: 1) two thousand and sixteen 2) twenty sixteen. Both the one and the other way will be considered correct. By the way, note that the numerals hundred, thousand, million do not acquire the ending s as a plural.

It seems that everything is not so difficult with English numbers, right? At least, everything lends itself to some kind of logic. Well, in order to remember exactly how cardinal numbers are formed, pay attention to this simple song. Towards the end of the song, you will learn how to pronounce large numbers like 10 million in English.

If you want to continue to conquer digital heights, then we recommend reading the article on how to speak correctly about time in English.

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Source: http://begin-english.ru/article/chislitelnye-v-angliyskom-yazyke/

Quantitative

Learn the following English cardinal numbers from 1 to 20 to 100:

1 — one [wʌn] 2 — Two [tu:] 3 — three [θri:] 4 — four [rɔ:] 5 — five [faɪv] 6 — six [sɪks] 7 — seven [sevn] 8 — eight [eɪt] 9 — nine [naɪn] 10 — th [ten] 11 — eleven [ɪˊlevn] 12 — twelve [twelv] 13 — thirteen [θǝ: ˊtɪ: n] 14 — fourteen [ˊFɔ: ˊtɪn] 15 — fifteen [ˊFifˊtɪn]

16 — sixteen [ˊSɪksˊtɪ: n] 17 — seventeen [ˊSevnˊtɪ: n] 18 — eighteen [ˊEɪˊtɪ: n] 19 — nineteen [ˊNaɪnˊtɪ: n] 20 — Twenty [ˊTwentɪ] 30 — thirty [ˊΘǝ: tɪ] 40 — forty [ˊFɔ: tɪ] 50 — fifty [ˊFɪftɪ] 60 — sixty [ˊSɪkstɪ] 70 — seventy [ˊSevntɪ] 80 — eighty [eɪtɪ] 90 — ninety [ˊNaɪntɪ] 100 — one hundred [ˊWʌnˊhʌndrɪd] 1000 — one thousanf [ˊWʌnˊθauzǝnd]

Remember! Two-digit numbers are formed in the same way as in Russian: 22 — twenty two — twenty two, 48 — forty eight forty eight.

Please note that, unlike the Russian language, the digits of multi-digit numbers are separated comma 5,550,000, and the decimal fraction of an integer is point: 7.5.

Remember! Between hundreds (thousands, if there are no hundreds) and tens in any digit, when reading, the union and is always put.

246 — two hundred and forty six;
405 — four hundred and five;
3,525,250 — three million five hundred and twenty five thousand two hundred and fifty.

Please note that the numbers have no endings —sif they are used with a number: five thousand, but thousands of people.

Ordinal

Ordinals in English are formed by adding —th to cardinal numbers:

• ten — ten — tenth [tenθ] — tenth.

But:

• one — first [fǝ: st]
• two — second [ˊsekǝnd]
• three — third [θǝ: d].

When forming ordinal numbers, the following changes also occur:

• five — fifth [fifθ]
• eight — eighth [eitθ]
• nine — ninth [nainθ]
• twelve — twelfth [twelfθ].

For numbers starting from 20.the final —у changes to —ie front —th:

• twenty — twentieth
• thirty — thirtieth.

Note! In compound numbers, only the last digit takes the form of an ordinal number:

• 23 — twenty-third;
• 587 — five hundred and eighty seventh.

Dates

The year is denoted by cardinal numbers. In English, when read, the number is halved, and each half is read as a separate word:

• 1917 — nineteen seventeen,

if the second digit from the right is zero, then it is read as [ou]:

• 1905 — nineteen [ou] five.

Dates are designated by ordinal numbers.

For example:

November 1917, 7 — November 1917, XNUMX = the seventh of November nineteen seventeen.
March 1807, XNUMX — On the fifth of March eighteen [ou] seven.

Numbers in English — rules of use

Pre-Intermediate

Just as in Russian, English numerals are divided into quantitative (those with which we count objects and designate their quantity) and ordinal (those with which we determine the place of an object in a certain queue).

However, English numerals have a number of distinctive features. For example, in Russian writing, we separate every three digits in the number with a dot (234.986.564), and in fractions, integers and parts — with a comma (1,5). How are numbers written in English, you ask? We will answer, Everything is exactly the opposite !!!

In addition, for some reason, English language students write a currency sign (in our case, it is a dollar or a pound) after the amount. Probably, the law of analogy is at work here, because the reduction of rubles / r. We bet after the amount for sure! Again, English numerals behave exactly differently, that is the $ and £ signs are written up to the amount.

For example: $ 2.0 billion or $ 1,981,364

It’s the same story with interest. Russian percentages are usually denoted as%. At least two other methods will be selected for English.

In any case, the following quick reference will help you deal with another difficulty of the English language — ordinal and cardinal numbers.