1 One First 1st 51 Fifty-one Fifty-first 51st

2 Two Second 2nd 52 Fifty-two Fifty-second 52n

3 Three Third 3rd 53 Fifty-three Fifty-third 53rd
4 Four Fourth 4th 54 Fifty-four Fifty-fourth 54th
5 Five Fifth 5th 55 Fifty-five Fifty-fifth 55th
6 Six Sixth 6th 56 Fifty-six Fifty-sixth 56th
7 Seven Seventh 7th 57 Fifty-seven Fifty-seventh 57th
8 Eight Eighth 8th 58 Fifty-eight Fifty-eight 58th
9 Nine Ninth 9th 59 Fifty-nine Fifty-ninth 59th
10 Ten Tenth 10th 60 Sixty Sixtieth 60th
11 Eleven Eleventh 11th 61 Sixty-one Sixty-first 61th
12 Twelve Twelfth 12th 62 Sixty-two Sixty-second 62th
13 Thirteen Thirteenth 13th 63 Sixty-three Sixty-third 63th
14 Fourteen Fourteenth 14th 64 Sixty-four Sixty-fourth 64th
15 Fifteen Fifteenth 15th 65 Sixty-five Sixty-fifth 65th
16 Sixteen Sixteenth 16th 66 Sixty-six Sixty-sixth 66th
17 Seventeen Seventeenth 17th 67 Sixty-seven Sixty-seventh 67th
18 Eighteen Eighteenth 18th 68 Sixty-eight Sixty-eight 68th
19 Nineteen Nineteenth 19th 69 Sixty-nine Sixty-ninth 69th
20 Twenty Twentieth 20th 70 Seventy Seventieth 70th
21 Twenty-one Twenty-first 21st 71 Seventy-one Seventieth-first 71st
22 Twenty-two Twenty-second 22nd 72 Seventy-two Seventy-second 72nd
23 Twenty-three Twenty-third 23th 73 Seventy-three Seventy-third 73rd
24 Twenty-four Twenty-fourth 24th 74 Seventy-four Seventy-fourth 74th
25 Twenty-five Twenty-fifth 25th 75 Seventy-five Seventy-fifth 75th
26 Twenty-six Twenty-sixth 26th 76 Seventy-six Seventy-sixth 76th
27 Twenty-seven Twenty-seventh 27th 77 Seventy-seven Seventy-seventh 77th
28 Twenty-eight Twenty-eighth 28th 78 Seventy-eight Seventy-eight 78th
29 Twenty-nine Twenty-ninth 29th 79 Seventy nine Seventy-ninth 79th
30 Thirty Thirtieth 30th 80 Eighty Eighty 80th
31 Thirty-one Thirty-first 31th 81 Eighty-one Eighty-first 81st
32 Thirty-two Thirty-second 32nd 82 Eighty-two Eighty-second 82nd
33 Thirty-three Thirty-third 33rd 83 Eighty-three Eighty-third 83rd
34 Thirty-four Thirty-fourth 34th 84 Eighty-four Eighty-fourth 84th
35 Thirty-five Thirty-fifth 35th 85 Eighty-five Eighty-fifth 85th
36 Thirty-six Thirty-sixth 36th 86 Eighty-six Eighty-sixth 86th
37 Thirty-seven Thirty-seventh 37th 87 Eighty-seven Eighty-seventh 87th
38 Thirty-eight Thirty-eight 38th 88 Eighty-eight Eighty-eight 88th
39 Thirty-nine Thirty-ninth 39th 89 Eighty-nine Eighty-ninth 89th
40 Forty Forty 40th 90 Ninety Ninetieth 90th
41 Forty-one Forty-first 41st 91 Ninety-one Ninety-first 91st
42 Forty-two Forty-second 42th 92 Ninety-two Ninety-second 92nd
43 Forty-three Forty-third 43rd 93 Ninety-three Ninety-third 93rd
44 Forty-four Forty-fourth 44th 94 Ninety-four Ninety-fourth 94th
45 Fourth-five Forty-fifth 45th 95 Ninety-five Ninety-fifth 95th
46 Forty-six Forty-sixth 46th 96 Ninety-six Ninety-sixth 96th
47 Forty-seven Forty-seventh 47th 97 Ninety-seven Ninety-seventh 97th
48 Forty-eight Forty-eight 48th 98 Ninety-eight Ninety-eight 98th
49 Forty-nine Forty-ninth 49th 99 Ninety-nine Ninety-ninth 99th
50 Fifty Fiftieth 50th 100 One hundred One hundredth 100th

CARDINAL NUMBERS ORDINAL NUMBERS ABBREVIATION

500 Five hundred Five hundredth 500th
1,000 One thousand Thousandth 1000th
1,500 One thousand five hundred One thousand five hundredth 1500th
100,000 One hundred thousand Hundred thousandth 100,000th
1000,000 One million Millionth 1000,000th
When to use
CARDINAL numbers and when to use ORDINAL numbers when speaking.
There are twenty-five people in the room. ***** He was the fourteenth person to win the award.
Six hundred thousand people were left homeless after the earthquake. ***** I finished first at the school race.
I must have asked you twenty times to be quiet. ***** He went to Israel for the third time this year.

READING DECIMALS READING

FRACTIONS
Written How do you say it. Written
How do you say it.
0.5------ point five 1/3 --------------- One
third
0.25----- point two five 3/4 ---------- ----Three
fourths
0.73----- point seven three 5/6 -------------Five sixths
0.05----- point zero five 1/2 ------------- One half
0.6529--- point six five two nine 3/2 -------------Three halves
2.95----- two point nine five 1 ---------------- One
whole

PRONOUNCING PERCENTAGES PRONOUNCING

MEASUREMENTS
Written Pronounced Written Pronounced
5%----------Five percent 60m--------Sixty meters
25%---------Twenty-five percent 25 Km/h-----Twenty-five Kilometers per
hour
36.25%-------Thirty-six point two five percent 11ft -----------Eleven feet
100%-------- One hundred percent 2L----------- Two liters
400%--------Four hundred percent 3tbs----------Three tablespoons

READING SUMS OF MONEY SAYING THE TIME

Written Pronounced 6:45 am- six forty-five
am(American)
25$--------Twenty-five dollars 9:00 am-Nine o’clock in the
morning(American)
52€--------Fifty-two euros 10:06 pm-Ten O six at night(American)
140₤-------One hundred and forty pounds 4:39 -Four with thirty minutes(American)
$43.25-----Forty-three dollars and twenty-five cents 1:00 am-One o’clock at midnight
€12.66-----Twelve euros sixty-six 2:35 am-Thirty-five past two at
midnight(British)
₤10.50-----Ten pounds fifty 12:45 pm-A quarter before
one(British)

PROUNUNCING YEARS, NUMBERS OF HOUSES, OR STREETS, OR TELEPHONE NUMBERS

2014 Twenty fourteen or two thousand fourteen 1006 Ten o six
2008 Two thousand eight 866 Eight hundred sixty-
six
2000 Two thousand 25 Twenty-five
1944 Nineteen forty-four 3000 BC Three thousand BC
1908 Nineteen o eight 3250 AC Thirty-two fifty AC
1900 Nineteen hundred 2019 Two thousand
nineteen
1600 Sixteen hundred 2020 Two thousand
twenty
1256 Twelve fifty-six 461-169-3678 Four, six, one. One,
six, nine, three….
325 Three twenty-five Amapola Ave. 184518 Main street One, Eighty-four, five, eighteen
Main..

When to use O and how to use it. (These pronunciations apply to American English)

ZERO- Is used to read the number by itself, in reading decimals, percentages, and phone numbers, and in
some fixed expressions.
O (the letter name ou)-Used to read years, addresses, times and temperatures
Nil-Is used to report sports scores(British)
Naught-Not used in the USA (Meaning zero/ British)

Examples of different usages.

Written Pronounced

3.04+2.02=5.06----------Three point zero four plus two point zero two makes five point zero six.
There is a 0% chance of rain. ------There is a zero percent chance of rain.
The temperature is -20⁰C.--------The temperature is twenty degrees below zero.
You can reach me at 0171 390 1062.-You can reach me at zero one seven one, three nine zero, one zero six two
I live at 4604 Smith Street. -------- I live at forty-six o four Smith Street
He became king in 1409. -----------He became king in fourteen o nine.
I waited until 4:05. ----------------I waited until four o five.
The score was 4-0. ---------------The score was four nil.
Pumas 4 Toros 4 ----------------Four to four, they are even.

Math signs

addition "plus" 2+2=4 sum

subtraction "minus" 5-3=2 difference

multiplication "times" 3 x 5 = 15 product

division "divided by" 21 / 7 = 3 quotient

Equals sign = 3+4=7 The equals sign represents

three plus four equals seven equality:
less than < 3<4 Three is less than four.

> Greater than 4>3 Four is greater than three

≠ NOT equal to x≠z ≠
≥ greater than or equal to ≥ greater than or equal to
≤ less than or equal to z≤x ≤
¾ Three quarters 2/2 Two halves
 √ square root √16 = 4 the square root of sixteen
equals four
[ ] Brackets Calculate expression inside
first
* Asterisk Multiplication
3√a Cube root
4√a Fourth root
ab caret Exponent