English Numbers
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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.
- 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 "zero" it is not written ("twenty" and not "twenty-zero")
- Prior to "hundred" the numbers "one" to "nine" are written as separate words 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 separate words. "Thousand" always in singular form.
- In British notation for numbers between 101 and 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")
The following table gives you an overview of English numbers. First the numbers 1 to 20:
| 0-9 | 10-19 |
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0 = zero 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 |
| 20-29 | 30 - | 40 - | 50 - |
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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 |
30 = thirty 31 = thirty-one 32 = thirty-two 33 = thirty-three |
40 = forty 41 = forty-one 42 = forty-two |
50 = fifty 60 = sixty 70 = seventy 80 = eighty 90 = ninety |
| 100 - 1 000 000 000 |
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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 = five 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 |
English Numbers