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These are the cor.rect names for the numbers up to 20.
26 is written twenty-six. Note the hyphen (-) between twenty and six.
135 is written one hundred and thirty-five. Note the and between hundred
and thirty.
Add these to your list. You also need to know
how to spell ttrousand and million. Word Check
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have special words for some numbers.
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O 1 Write the following numbers in words.
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(e) 1L (f) 12 (g ) 15 (h) re
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2 Write in figures, the numbers for the following names
(a) two (b) five (cl six (d) nine
(el thirteen (f) fourteen (g) seventeen (hl eighteen
(i) tq/enty-six (i) fifty-three (kl seventy-one (l) ninety-five
(ml three hundred and four (n) two thousand and eleven
Practice
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Notice that the number gets the same ending as the word, so
second --> 2nd, fourth -s 4th.
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ordering number (ordinal)
a number that tells you where
something comes in a list
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Practice
f) Here is the alphabet.
A B C D E F G H r J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Copy out the alphabet and use it to answer the questions.
tilThich letters aLrein these positions?
Example second
Answer The second letter is B.
Example A
Answer A is the first letter.
Further Practice
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Draw the symbols that are in these positions.
1 second 2 ninth 3 thirteenth
4 twentieth 5 sixth 6 seventeenth
Which position is each symbol in?.
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10 C 11 12
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1 About two thousand years ago, the Romans used the letters of their alphabet
to write their numbers. They used simple letters that could easily be carved
in stone.
They used the letter I to stand for 1. II stands for 2
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together, so you can't write rTII for 4.
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7 and.8 follow the same pattern. Make them.
You can't use VIIIf to make 9 because of the rule in step 2.
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Q wri. these in modern numbers.
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Practice
Q no-"tt numerals are often used for the year when writing a date.
Write the following dates in modern numbers.
1 A/DOffII 2 MCDO(I 3 MD)OOilI
4 MDCDOOO(V 5 MCIVD(CX 6 MND(IV
\ilflrite the following dates in Roman numerals.
7 L666 I 1738 9 1819
10 1841 11 1910 12 2025
Further Practice
@ fn. statementsbelow are written using Roman numerals. Write them out
using modern numbers.
'! The time on the clock face is:
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