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English Numbers
Simple rules are used to create English numbers.
In the following tables we are listing samples for the numbers from 0 to one trillion. In addition,
we would like to explain some basic rules and to show the difference between the American and the British notation.
Basic rules for building English numbers:
- The numbers 0 to 19 are written in one word
- 11 and 12 are exceptions: "eleven" and "twelve"
- Numbers 20 to 99: the unit's digit (right-most digit) and the decimal digit (second digit from right) are connected by a hyphen (i.e. twenty-one)
- Numbers 20 to 90: if the unit's digit is "cero" it is not written ("twenty" und nicht "twenty-zero")
- Prior to "hundred" the number "one" to "nine" are written as a seperate word without a hyphen
- "Hundred" is always in the singular form ("five hundred" not "five-hundreds")
- Prior to "thousand" the numbers 1 to 999 are written as seperate words. "Thousand" always in singular form.
- In British notation for number between 101 to 999 an "and" is placed prior to the last word ("three hundred and forty-five").
- One million is written without hyphen and in singular form ("five million" not "five-millions")
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The following table gives you an overview of English numbers.
First the numbers 1 to 20:
| 0-9 | 10-19 |
0 = zero
1 = one
2 = two
3 = three
4 = four
5 = five
6 = six
7 = seven
8 = eight
9 = nine
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10 = ten
11 = eleven
12 = twelve
13 = thirteen
14 = fourteen
15 = fifteen
16 = sixteen
17 = seventeen
18 = eighteen
19 = nineteen
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| 20-29 | 30 - | 40 - | 50 - |
20 = twenty
21 = twenty-one
22 = twenty-two
23 = twenty-three
24 = twenty-four
25 = twenty-five
26 = twenty-six
27 = twenty-seven
28 = twenty-eight
29 = twenty-nine
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30 = thirty
31 = thirty-one
32 = thirty-two
33 = thirty-three
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40 = forty
41 = forty-one
42 = forty-two
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50 = fifty
60 = sixty
70 = seventy
80 = eighty
90 = ninety
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| 100 - 1 000 000 000 |
100 = one hundred
101 = one hundred (and) one
102 = one hundred (and) two
110 = one hundred (and) ten
153 = one hundred (and) fifty-three
200 = two hundred
201 = two hundred (and) one
202 = two hundred (and) two
244 = two hundred (and) forty-four
300 = three hundred
400 = four hundred
500 = five hundred
600 = six hundred
700 = seven hundred
800 = eight hundred
900 = nine hundred
1000 = one thousand
2000 = two thousand
3000 = three thousand
5000 = four thousand
6744 = six thousand seven hundred (and) forty-four
10 000 = ten thousand
100 000 = one hundred thousand
1 000 000 = one million
5 000 000 = five million
1 000 000 000 = one billion
1 000 000 000 000 = one trillion
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