Write the ordinal numbers in word

1.1. Ordinal numbers — are those numbers defining a thing’s position in a series:

• 1st — first — as a number, preceding all others in time, order, or importance;
  ex: They sat in the first row. He succeeded on his first attempt.
• 2nd — second — as a number, next to the first in place, time, or importance;
  ex: Our second option is to take a taxi. The second problem is the lack of global financing.
• 3rd — third — as a number, constituting number three in a sequence;
  ex: He came third in the competition. Our house is the third from the end on the left.
• 4th — fourth — as a number, constituting number four in a sequence;
  ex: He could do no better than finish fourth. Take the elevator to the fourth floor.
• 5th — fifth — as a number, constituting number five in a sequence;
  ex: May is the fifth month of the year. Coming in fifth place is better than finishing last.

1.2. Cardinal numbers — are those numbers denoting quantity, as opposed to ordinal numbers.

• 1 — one — as a number, the lowest cardinal number; half of two;
  ex: They have many daughters but only one son.
• 2 — two; — equivalent to the sum of one and one; one less than three;
  ex: The number that comes before three is two.
• 3 — three — equivalent to the sum of one and two; one more than two;
  ex: The bag contains three ounces of chocolate.
• 4 — four — equivalent to the product of two and two; one more than three;
  ex: Four people in five preferred this brand.
• 5 — five — equivalent to the sum of two and three; one more than four;
  ex: I am ten years old and my brother is five.

• First, to know how to write out a cardinal number in words it’s important to know the name of the place where each digit is.
• For example, the number 12,345 has a 1 in the tens thousands place, a 2 in the thousands place, a 3 in the hundreds place, a 4 in the tens place, and a 5 in the units place.
• 12,345 in words is:
  ten thousand (10,000) + two thousand (2,000) + three hundred (300) + four tens (40) + five units (5) =
  ten thousand + two thousand + three hundred + forty + five =
  twelve thousand three hundred forty-five.

2.1. Useful notes / guidelines:

• 1: Note the hyphen (or the minus sign) in «twenty-three» above. Technically, it’s correct to hyphenate all compound numbers from twenty-one, 21, to ninety-nine, 99. Using a hyphen also applies to ordinal numbers between 21st and 99th (notice the «st» and «th» after the cardinal numbers).
• 2: «And» placement — in (US) American English, do not use the word «and» after «hundred» or «thousand» (In British English, the word «and» is used after «hundred» or «thousand»). So it is «one hundred twenty-three» and not «one hundred and twenty-three», though you may hear a lot of people using the last, informally. The word «and» is used only when expressing the decimal points in decimal numbers.
• 3: With figures of four or more digits, use commas, ex: 1,154, 12,345.
• 4: When writing out numbers above 999, in American English, do not use commas. Incorrect (it is correct in British English): one thousand, one hundred fifty-four (1,154). Correct: one thousand one hundred fifty-four (1,154).

Most ordinal numbers end in «th», so just add «th» to the end of the cardinal number:

• four — 4th — fourth
• six — 6th — sixth
• seven — 7th — seventh
• ten — 10th — tenth
• eleven — 11th — eleventh
• nineteen — 19th — nineteenth
• one hundred — 100th — (one) hundredth
• one thousand — 1,000th — (one) thousandth
• one million — 1,000,000th — (one) millionth

3.1. Exceptions:

• one — first — 1st
• two — second — 2nd
• three — third — 3rd
• five — fifth — 5th
• eight — eighth — 8th
• nine — ninth — 9th
• twelve — twelfth — 12th
• twenty — twentieth — 20th
• thirty — thirtieth — 30th
• forty — fortieth — 40th
• fifty — fiftieth — 50th
• sixty — sixtieth — 60th
• seventy — seventieth — 70th
• eighty — eightieth — 80th
• ninety — ninetieth — 90th

3.2. In compound ordinal numbers only the last digit is written as an ordinal:

• 27 = twenty-seven — 27th = twenty-seventh
• 123 = one hundred twenty-three — 123rd = one hundred twenty-third
• 1,213,498 = one million two hundred thirteen thousand four hundred ninety-eight — 1,213,498th = one million two hundred thirteen thousand four hundred ninety-eighth

3.3. When expressing ordinal numbers as figures, the last two letters of the written word are added to the ordinal number:

• first — 1st
• second — 2nd
• third — 3rd
• fourth — 4th
• thirty-fourth — 34th
• five thousand four hundred thirty-ninth — 5,439th

Here there are the main ordinal numbers, listed in ascending order, together with their corresponding cardinal numbers:

• cardinal: 1, one; ordinal: 1st, first;
• cardinal: 2, two; ordinal: 2nd, second;
• cardinal: 3, three; ordinal: 3rd, third;
• cardinal: 4, four; ordinal: 4th, fourth;
• cardinal: 5, five; ordinal: 5th, fifth;
• cardinal: 6, six; ordinal: 6th, sixth;
• cardinal: 7, seven; ordinal: 7th, seventh;
• cardinal: 8, eight; ordinal: 8th, eighth;
• cardinal: 9, nine; ordinal: 9th, ninth;
• cardinal: 10, ten; ordinal: 10th, tenth;
• cardinal: 11, eleven; ordinal: 11th, eleventh;
• cardinal: 12, twelve; ordinal: 12th, twelfth;
• cardinal: 13, thirteen; ordinal: thirteenth;
• cardinal: 14, fourteen; ordinal: 14th, fourteenth;
• cardinal: 15, fifteen; ordinal: 15th, fifteenth;
• cardinal: 16, sixteen; ordinal: 16th, sixteenth;
• cardinal: 17, seventeen; ordinal: 17th, seventeenth;
• cardinal: 18, eighteen; ordinal: 18th, eighteenth;
• cardinal: 19, nineteen; ordinal: 19th, nineteenth;
• cardinal: 20, twenty; ordinal: 20th, twentieth;
• cardinal: 21, twenty one; ordinal: 21st, twenty first;
• cardinal: 22, twenty two; ordinal: 22nd, twenty second;
• cardinal: 23, twenty three; ordinal: 23rd, twenty third;
• cardinal: 24, twenty four; ordinal: 24th, twenty fourth;
• cardinal: 25, twenty five; ordinal: 25th, twenty fifth;
• cardinal: 26, twenty six; ordinal: 26th, twenty sixth;
• cardinal: 27, twenty seven; ordinal: 27th, twenty seventh;
• cardinal: 28, twenty eight; ordinal: 28th, twenty eighth;
• cardinal: 29, twenty nine; ordinal masculin: 29th, twenty ninth;
• cardinal: 30, thirty; ordinal: 30th, thirtieth;
• cardinal: 31, thirty one; ordinal: 31st, thirty first;
• cardinal: 40, forty; ordinal: 40th, fortieth;
• cardinal: 50, fifty; ordinal: 50th, fiftieth;
• cardinal: 60, sixty; ordinal: 60th, sixtieth;
• cardinal: 70, seventy; ordinal: 70th, seventieth;
• cardinal: 80, eighty; ordinal: 80th, eightieth;
• cardinal: 90, ninety; ordinal: 90th, ninetieth;
• cardinal: 100, one hundred; ordinal: 100th, (one) hundredth;
• cardinal: 101, one hundred one; ordinal: 101st, one hundred first;
• cardinal: 112, one hundred twelve; ordinal: 112th, one hundred twelfth;
• cardinal: 200, two hundred; ordinal: 200th, two hundredth;
• cardinal: 300, three hundred; ordinal: 300th, three hundredth;
• cardinal: 1,000, one thousand; ordinal: 1,000th, (one) thousandth;
• cardinal: 1,001, one thousand one; ordinal: 1,001st, one thousand first;
• cardinal: 2,000, two thousand; ordinal: 2,000th, two thousandth;
• cardinal: 3,000, three thousand; ordinal: 3,000th, three thousandth;
• cardinal: 12,000, twelve thousand; ordinal: 12,000th, twelve thousandth;
• cardinal: 20,000, twenty thousand; ordinal: 20,000th, twenty thousandth;
• cardinal: 20,001, twenty thousand one; ordinal: 20,001st, twenty thousand first;
• cardinal: 50,000, fifty thousand; ordinal: 50,000th, fifty thousandth;
• cardinal: 100,000, one hundred thousand; ordinal: 100,000th, one hundred thousandth;
• cardinal: 500,000, five hundred thousand; ordinal: 500,000th, five hundred thousandth;
• cardinal: 1,000,000, one million; ordinal: 1,000,000th, (one) millionth;
• cardinal: 2,000,000, two million; ordinal: 2,000,000th, two millionth;
• cardinal: 1,000,000,000, one billion; ordinal: 1,000,000th, (one) billionth;
• cardinal: 1,000,000,000,000, one trillion; ordinal: 1,000,000,000th, (one) trillionth;
• cardinal: 1,000,000,000,000,000, one quadrillion; ordinal: 1,000,000,000,000th, (one) quadrillionth;
• cardinal: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000, one quintillion; ordinal: 1,000,000,000,000,000th, one quintillionth;
• cardinal: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, one sextillion; ordinal: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000th, one sextillionth; etc…

• Since it’s ok to write ordinal numbers in figures (1st, 2nd, 3rd, …) in informal writing to friends, colleagues, etc, we need to write them in words in formal writing — business, job applications, etc.
• When beginning a sentence, «Twentieth year of her life… » and not «20th year of her life…».
• The Chicago Manual of Style recommends spelling out the numbers zero through one hundred and using figures thereafter — except for whole numbers used in combination with hundred, thousand, hundred thousand, million, billion, and beyond (e.g., two hundredth; twenty-eight thousandth; three hundred thousandth; one millionth, one hundred millionth).

Calculator: convert ordinal numbers to (US) American English words, write them out using letters instead of numerals

Английский язык 5 класс Spotlight Английский в фокусе Ваулина. Progress Check 3 (страница 54). Номер №4

Решение

Дано ответов: 2