numerals

1. Reading & writing numbers

2. In order to say our numbers we need to follow a few
simple rules.
1 – one 6 – six 11 – eleven 16 - sixteen
2 – two 7 – seven 12 – twelve 17 - seventeen
3 – three 8 – eight 13 – thirteen 18 - eighteen
4 – four 9 – nine 14 – fourteen 19 - nineteen
5 – five 10 – ten 15 – fifteen 20 - twenty

3. 30 – thirty (not threety) 80 – eighty
40 – forty (not fourty) 90 - ninety
50 – fifty (not fivety) ?00 - …hundred
60 – sixty ? 000 - …thousand
70 – seventy ? 000 000 - …million

4. •All TWO-DIGIT numbers higher than 20 have a
hyphen in-between them (unless they end with a 0).
45 – forty-five 71 – seventy-one
Watch out for 5 digit numbers!
54 875 – fifty-four thousand, eight hundred and
seventy-five

5. 500 – Five hundred
603 – Six hundred and three
2007 – Two thousand and seven

6. Reading & writing numbers
Have a think about how to write the following
numbers:
117 –
591 –
4 921 –

7. Reading & writing numbers
Did you get it?
117 – One hundred and seventeen
591 – Five hundred and ninety-one
4 921 – Four thousand, nine hundred and twenty-one.

8. Reading & writing numbers
How about 23 580 ?

9. Our number is:
Twenty-three thousand, five
hundred and eighty

10. Our number is:
Twenty-three thousand, five
hundred and eighty