Spelling of Numbers
Remember to hyphenate all compound numbers (example: forty-eight).
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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 |
| 21 |
twenty-one |
| 30 |
thirty |
| 40 |
forty |
| 50 |
fifty |
| 60 |
sixty |
| 70 |
seventy |
| 80 |
eighty |
| 90 |
ninety |
| 100 |
hundred |
| 200 |
two hundred |
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1,000 |
one thousand |
| 1,000,000 |
one million |
| 1,000,000,000 |
one billion |
| 1,000,000,000,000 |
one trillion |
Add “th” to the end of a number to show it is a fraction or decimal.
Examples:
- Write 3 in words: three
- Write 97 in words: ninety-seven
- Write 264, 073, 458 in words: two hundred sixty-four million seventy-three
thousand four hundred fifty-eight
Reference:
LRNSK218 (ACASK 75) Handout, M. Tomes, August 30, 1999
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